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This could be the reason why the tot’s blood was checked for malaria. Cold weather does not directly cause fever, but may ...

Feeling warmer than usual? Learn how to tell if you have a fever, what a fever might mean for you and your baby, and how to ...

The primary culprit behind fever blisters is the herpes simplex virus, specifically HSV-1. This highly contagious virus is easily transmitted through close personal contact, such as kissing or sharing ...

FDG-PET/CT helped establish a final diagnosis in a 9-year-old boy with fever of unknown origin. a, b: FDG-PET scans; c, e: low-dose CT; d, f: fused FDG-PET/CT. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/Eur. J. Nucl. Med.

We've all experienced illness in the form of the flu or a cold. While sometimes these illnesses may be mild, other times they are accompanied by a fever. While most of the time our fever will decrease ...

Rheumatic fever (RF) is a fairly rare inflammatory condition in developed countries that can develop as a complication of untreated strep throat caused by group A streptococcal infections. It ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Hodgkin disease and leukemia may cause chills due to increased white blood cell ...