Transcript 3. Fever
TASHKENT MEDICAL ACADEMY
Infectious and children infectious
diseases department
Theme: Early and Comparative
diagnosis of diseases with the
syndrome of fever
Lecturer:
What is fever ?
FEVER is a Diagnostic Clue
It is an essential host defense mechanism
Associated with or without localizing signs
It can be due to Infection, inflammation or neoplasm
Fever - Magnitude
Below 97 degree F – Hypothermia
98.4 degree F - Normal
98 to 102 degree F – INFECTIONS
106 degree and above – Non- infectious fever (Hyperpyrexia)
Fever- Patterns
o Intermittent type – temp return to normal once during most days
o Remittent type – temp do not return to normal each day
o Sustained/Continuous – temp do not vary more than 1 degree F /day
o Relapsing - recurrent over days to weeks
Fever - types
Classical PUO
1. FEVER – MORE THAN 101 F
2. MORE THAN 3 WEEKS
3. CAUSE NOT DIAGNOSED AFTER ONE WEEK OF
INTENSIVE HOSP INVESTIGN
TYPES OF PUO
ACUTE,
NOSOCOMIAL,
HIV ASSOCIATED
NEUTROPENIC PUO
PUO – causes
INFECTIONS – 30%
MALIGNANCY –20%
CONNECTIVE TISSUE D- 15 %
OTHERS – 20 %
UNDIAGNOSED – 15 %
FEVER - Common Clues
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS – URTI ,LRTI,TB,
URINARY SYMPTOMS – UTI,APN,CYSTITIS
ABDOMINAL SYMPTOMS – ABSCESS,ACUTE ABDOMEN
ARTHRITIS SYMPTOMS –RA,SLE,AS
TRAVEL HISTORY
DIETARY HISTORY
OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY
TRAVEL History
MALARIA – ENDEMIC AREAS
DENGUE FEVER - Eg )SINGAPORE
VIRAL FEVERS
TYPHOID
TUBERCULOSIS
SCHISTOSOMIASIS
Dietary & Occupational History
BIRDS – PSITTACOSIS
ANIMALS CONTACT- TOXOPLASMOSIS (CAT),
BRUCELLOSIS,LEPTOSPIROSIS (RAT)
UNCOOKED MEAT/SEA FOOD/ -
HEPATITIS –A & E,SALMONELLA
UNPASTEURIZED MILK – SALMONELLA,TB,BRUCELLOSIS
Drug fever
All drugs can produce Drug INDUCED fever except DIGOXIN
Bradycardia, hypotension, Skin rash, pruritus +,
Eosinophilia
eg) pencillin, sulpha, ATT
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR OBSERVING THE PATIENT,
TALKING TO HIM AND
THINKING ABOUT HIM.
FEVER & MYALGIA
VIRAL FEVERS – LEUCO & THROMBO CYTOPENIA
INFLUENZA – URTI SYMPTOMS
POLYMYOSITIS – PROXIMAL M WEAKNESS, MUSCLE
PAIN & TENDERNESS, CPK HIGH
MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION -Rash
SEPSIS
Fever & Night Sweats
TUBERCULOSIS
LYMPHOMA
ABSCESS
BRUCELLOSIS
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME
FEVER – Brady, Tachycardia
RELATIVE BRADYCARDIA
RELATIVE TACHYCARDIA
TYPHOID FEVER
MALARIA
MENINGITIS
LEPTOSPIROSIS
VIRAL
DRUG FEVER
TOXINS
Fever & Eyes
EYE PAIN – TEMPORAL ARTERITIS
WATERY EYES- PAN
DRY EYES – SLE,RA
SC HGE –SBE
CONJUNCTIVITIS – TB,SLE
CONJUNCTIVAL SUFFUSION- LEPTOSPIROSIS
UVEITIS- TB,SLE,SARCOIDOSIS
FEVER WITH JAUNDICE
LEPTOSPIROSIS – RENAL FAILURE +
HEPATITIS- DRUGS (ATT) ,VIRAL
ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS
CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER
HEPATOMA
VIRAL FEVERS
MALARIA
GENERALIZED LYMPHADENOPATHY
LEUKEMIA – ALL , CLL
LYMPHOMA – MEDIASTINAL INVOLVEMENT
HIV INFECTION – ORAL CANDIDIASIS,THIN BUILT,
TOXOPLASMOSIS- WITH LIVER,SPLEEN
DISSEMINATED TUBERCULOSIS – WITH LIVER ,SPLEEN
BRUCELLOSIS- WITH LIVER,SPLEEN
EPI TROCHLEAR LYMPH NODES
MILIARY TB
LYMPHOMA
HIV INFECTION
SYPHILIS
FEVER WITH HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY
MALARIA
TYPHOID
LYMPHOMA
LEUKEMIA
DISSEMINATED TB
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
BRUCELLOSIS
KALA AZAR
FEVER WITH MENTAL CONFUSION
MENINGITIS
MENINGISM- TYPHOID
HIV
BRUCELLOSIS
CNS NEOPLASMS
LOCAL TENDERNESS
TONGUE- RELAPSING FEVER
TRAPEZIUS – SUB DIAPHRAGMATIC ABSCESS
STERNAL – METASTASIS, PRE –LEUKEMIA
SPINAL – BRUCELLOSIS,TYPHOID,SBE,OM
THIGH- POLYMYOSITIS,BRUCELLOSIS
CALF – POLYMYOSITIS, RMSF
FEVER - ARDS
SARS INFECTION
CEREBRAL MALARIA (P FALCIPARUM )
HANTA VIRUS INFECTION
SEPSIS
HIGH ESR
TB
TEMPORAL ARTERITIS
CARCINOMA
LYMPHOMAS
ABSCESS
MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER
FEVER & LOW PLATELETS
DENGUE FEVER
VIRAL FEVERS
LEUKEMIA
LYMPHOMA
MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER
DRUG FEVER
SLE
HIV INFECTION
CHEST X-RAY DIAGNOSIS
TB- ANY FORM
LYMPHOMAS- MEDIASTINAL INVOLVEMENT
SARCOIDOSIS – BHL
PNEUMONIAS
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
ANA,ANTI DS DNA – SLE
BONE SCAN- OSTEOMYELITIS,METASTASIS
ECHO HEART – ATRIAL MYXOMA,IE,PCITIS
SMEAR TEST + VE – MALARIA,
ELISA IGM AB - LEPTOSPIRA
VIRAL CULTURE + IN EBV,CMV INFECTIONS
BLOOD CULTURE + IN IE,SEPSIS,
AGGLUTININ TEST + IN SALMONELLA , BRUCELLOSIS
ULTRA SOUND
HEPATOMA
ABSCESS
HYPERNEPHROMA (PHYSICIAN S TUMOUR)
LYMPHOMA
PELVIC TUMORS
THANK YOU
ALL WE KNOW IS STILL INFINITELY
LESS THAN ALL THAT REMAINS UNKNOWN
-WILLIAM HARVEY -