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Fever

Fever or pyrexia in humans is a symptom of organism's anti-infection defense mechanism that


appears with body temperature exceeding the normal range due to an increase in the body's
temperature set point in the hypothalamus. A fever is when your body temperature is higher than
your normal average temperature. Most providers say a fever is either 100.0 F (37.8 C) or 100.4
F (38 C).

Prevalence

A total of one hundred and fifty five patients were included. Out of these 97 (62.6%) were males
and 58 (37.4%) were females. Most patients (25.2%) were diagnosed as malaria followed closely
by dengue fever (21.3%) and then enteric fever (6.5%). While 41.9% were diagnosed as
suspected viral fever based on clinical judgment and inconclusive laboratory results.

Types

Fever can be categorized into different types based on the underlying causes and severity.

1. Intermittent fever
2. Remittent fever
3. Sustained fever
4. Relapsing fever

MNT

High caloric, high protein, High fluid diet

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