L4: Fever Flashcards
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Def of Fever
Fever is elevation of the body temperature above the average normal
Grades of Fever
Causes of Fever
Types of Fever
- Continous (Sustained)
- Intermittent
- Hectic
- Remittent
- Saddle Back (Camel-Backed)
- Relapsing
Def of Continuous (sustained) fever
The temperature continues high for days or weeks with difference between morning and evening temperature about 0.5-1 C
Examples of Continuous (sustained) fever
Typhoid fever, pneumonia,
Meningitis and typhus.
Def of Intermittent fever
The temperature falls to normal once or more during the day
Def of Hectic fever
- Marked daily temperature swings usually associated with rigors & sweats
Examples of Hectic fever
Amebic liver abscess and Pyogenic abscess
Examples of Intermittent fever
Abscess, lymphomas and Miliary tuberculosis.
Examples of Remittent fever
Septic conditions & mycoplasma pneumonia
Rheumatic fever & rheumatoid arthritis
SABE & falciparum malaria
Def of Remittent fever
The temperature is always raised, but shows considerable between morning & evening temperature but not return to normal
Def of Saddle back (Camel-backed) fever
- Biphasic remittent fever.
- A continuous fever for a few days is followed by a remission
- A second bout of continuous fever associated with appearance of rash and terminating by lysis
Def of realpsing Fever
Days with fever alternate with days of normal temperature
Examples of Saddle back (Camel-backed) fever
In Dengue fever
Examples ofrealpsing Fever
Brucellosis (undulant fever)
Spirochete( relapsing fever)
Pel-abstain fever of hodgkin’s disease
Charcot’s intermittent fever in biliary obstruction, and malaria.
what is Quotidian Fever?
When a paroxysm of intermittent or relapse fever occurs daily
what is Tertiam Fever?
when on alternate days
Characters of Factitious fever
It is spurious temp. Elevation produced by the pt.
Not associated with organic disease.
Normal ESR.
Failure of pulse rate to rise with temp.
What is quatrain fever?
when 2 days intervene between consecutive attacks
Causes of Hyperpyrexia
Causes of Hypothermia
Manifestations of fever
Physiological response to fever