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We had a guy transferred to us for this problem, negative blood and urine cultures, elevated WBC, spikes a fever of 102-103 intermittantly all day. Not the typical response to the fever either, he sweats, flushes, and has to have a fan blowing on him or he is miserable. He had been this way for a week by the time we got him, don't know if they ever found anything out because he was gone by my next shift.
Am working at a coed camp in the Berkshires of MA and have had 4 girls with high fevers (103+), so far this summer. All have presented with sore throat but not strep. The girls were different ages and had no connection via cabins etc. Two had M.D. exams, one had blood work which was normal; seems as though it's a random viral infection that lasts 3-5 days.
Alex Egan, LPN, EMT-B
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Hay is anyone else seeing extremely high fevers this year? It seems like every child we have in the health center is spiking fevers in the 103-104 range. One kid doing this every so often is not suspicious but to have so many is very strange. Just wondering if my camp is extra sick or if others are seeing this as well.