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Febrile Convulsions, Febrile seizures may be classified as simple or complex depending on the seizure duration, clinical features, and recurrence pattern: Simple febrile seizures are is...
Febrile Seizure, The main treatment is aimed at the illness that caused the fever. What causes a febrile seizure? A febrile seizure is sometimes called a febri...
Heat-related Illness, Medical conditions - alcoholism, anorexia, cardiac disease, cystic fibrosis, dehydration, delirium tremens, dermatological conditions with decreased sweating, diabetes i...
Diabetes and Illness, If you have diabetes - or have to care for someone who has - it's important to be prepared to cope with illness. Don't delay in contacting your doctor ...
Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis is also called Sweet syndrome, named after Dr Robert Douglas Sweet from Plymouth, England, who first described it in 196...
Incubation period is 1-4 weeks and infection presents as a febrile illness with headache , malaise, myalgia, arthralgia and rigors . [ 3 ] May also have nausea , vomiting and anorexi...
Assess whether mental impairment, mental illness, depression, other central nervous system (CNS) disease or a febrile illness could be contributing.
Critical Illness Rehabilitation, This includes short-term problems, such as loss of energy and more longer-term issues, including cognitive dysfunction. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] Risk factors for...
High-altitude Illness, Prevention of high-altitude illness [ 13 ] Prevention of altitude-related illness by slow ascent is the best approach but this is not always prac...
Diabetes and Intercurrent Illness, The challenge of managing diabetes during intercurrent illness The stress of illness can increase basal insulin requirements in all t...
Criteria for consideration and investigation of possible infective endocarditis [ 5 ] A febrile illness and a murmur of new valvular regurgitation. A febrile illness, a pr...
The rest of infections either present as acute nonspecific febrile illness or are asymptomatic. Complications of childhood infection include febrile convulsions and, rarely, encep...
It may cause a febrile illness or have complications. Congenital CMV is the most common congenitally acquired infection in infants.
In most cases of the European subtype, there is a characteristic biphasic febrile illness, with an initial phase that lasts 2 to 4 days - the viraemic phase. It is nonspecific with symptom...
There may be a mild febrile illness for 2-7 days and symptoms may include: Fever. Conjunctivitis. Arthralgia and myalgia.
Treatment during physical stress - eg, febrile illness, surgery, trauma: People with classic CAH need increased (eg, doubling or tripling) doses of hydrocortisone.
Has there been a previous serious illness or death due to febrile illness in the family? Has the child been seen before in the same illness episode? , Temperature raised F...
Presentation of typhoid fever [ 8 , 11 ] Typhoid is one of the most common febrile illnesses seen by practitioners in the developing world. Untreated, the illness usually lasts...
History Presentation is usually with a febrile illness and, at this stage, the range of differential diagnosis is wide. There may be a history of foreign travel, or of recent contact...
Fabricated or Induced Illness by Carers (FII), Clinicians should be aware that it has also been recognised that healthcare systems can be part of the problem if they subject children to unnec...