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High fever

High fever: Introduction

High fever: Where a patient has an elevated temperature. See detailed information below for a list of 84 causes of High fever, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of High fever:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of High fever. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Infective endocarditis
• Autoimmune diseases
• Malignancy
• Fever of unknown origin
• Tuberculosis
• Glandular fever
• HIV
• Sinusitis
• Flu
• Hepatitis
• Measles
• Meningococcal disease
• Drug reactions
• Roseola
• Scarlet fever
• Chicken pox
• Mumps
• Reye's syndrome
• more causes...»

See full list of 84 causes of High fever

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Home Diagnostic Testing and High fever

Home medical tests possibly related to High fever:

• Cold & Flu: Home Testing:
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  • Home Ear Infection Test Kits
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Causes of Types of High fever:

Review the causes of these more specific types of High fever:

• Severe temperature increase (7 causes)
• Fatal fever (12 causes)
• more types...»

Review causes of more specific types of High fever:

• Sudden onset of High fever (17 causes)
• more types...»

See full list of 3 types for High fever

High fever: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with High fever, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• High fever and Skin symptoms (82 causes)
• High fever and Fever (81 causes)
• High fever and Nerve symptoms (81 causes)
• High fever and Temperature symptoms (81 causes)
• High fever and Body symptoms (78 causes)
• High fever and Pain (75 causes)
• High fever and Sensory symptoms (75 causes)
• High fever and Head symptoms (72 causes)
• High fever and Sensations (72 causes)
• High fever and Muscle symptoms (64 causes)
• High fever and Respiratory symptoms (63 causes)
• High fever and Musculoskeletal symptoms (62 causes)
• High fever and Abdominal symptoms (61 causes)
• High fever and Mouth symptoms (61 causes)
• High fever and Digestive symptoms (59 causes)
• High fever and Headache (56 causes)
• High fever and Muscle weakness (48 causes)
• High fever and Sweat symptoms (46 causes)
• High fever and Energy symptoms (46 causes)
• High fever and Fatigue (46 causes)
• more...»

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High fever Treatments

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Stories from Users for High fever

Real-life user stories relating to High fever:

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High fever: Animations

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Medications or substances causing High fever:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of High fever as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Amisulpride
• Solian
• Meprobamate
• Equanil
• Miltown
• Neuramate
• more causes...»

See full list of 17 medications causing High fever

Drug interactions causing High fever:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing High fever as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Venlafaxine and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
• Effexor and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
• Effexor XR and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
• Elavil and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
• Endep and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
• Etrafon and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
• Etrafon-A and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant interaction
• more interactions...»

See full list of 537 drug interactions causing High fever

High fever: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for High fever may include these symptoms:

• Skin symptoms
• Fever
• Nerve symptoms
• Temperature symptoms
• Body symptoms
• Pain
• Sensory symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Fever (2274 causes)
• Common symptoms (8589 causes)
• Temperature symptoms (2497 causes)
• Sick (5751 causes)
• Skin symptoms (5992 causes)
• Body symptoms (5672 causes)
• Pain (6458 causes)
• Sensations (6520 causes)
• Brain symptoms (2787 causes)
• Neurological symptoms (9575 causes)
• Skin problems (3422 causes)
• Sensory symptoms (7134 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
• more symptoms...»

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• Fever (2274 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to High fever

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom High fever:

• Fever (2274 causes)
• Nausea (2564 causes)
• Vomiting (2819 causes)
• Diarrhea (2312 causes)
• Infection (1293 causes)
• Inflammation
• Viral fever
• Bacterial infection
• Hyperpyrexia (19 causes)
• Temperature (2274 causes)
• more symptoms...»

High fever: Deaths

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Misdiagnosis and High fever

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High fever: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

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  • Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology (Child Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist)
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
  • Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
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Detailed list of causes of High fever

The list below shows some of the causes of High fever mentioned in various sources:

• Adrenal hemorrhage, neonatal - high fever
• Amebic dysentery - high fever
• Autoimmune diseases
• Babesiosis - High fever
• Bacteremia - high fever
• Bacterial toxic-shock syndrome - high fever
• Bortonneuse fever - high fever
• Bubonic plague - high fever
• more causes...»

See full list of 84 causes of High fever

How Common are these Causes of High fever?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of High fever. Of the 84 causes of High fever that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 3 causes are "very common" diseases
• 2 causes are "common" diseases
• 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 26 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 67 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 84 causes of High fever

Conditions listing medical symptoms: High fever:

The following list of conditions have 'High fever' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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A

• Adrenal hemorrhage, neonatal ... high fever
• Amebic dysentery ... high fever

B

• Babesiosis ... High fever
• Bacterial toxic-shock syndrome ... high fever
• Bortonneuse fever ... high fever
• Bubonic plague ... high fever

C

• Chagas disease ... High fever
• Common cold ... high fever

D

• Dehydration ... High fever
• Dengue fever ... High fever
• Diphtheria ... high fever

E

• Ebola ... high fever
• Endocarditis ... high fever
• Epidemic typhus ... high fever
• Epiglotitis ... high fever

F

• Francisella tularenis infection ... high fever

H

• Herpes stomatitis ... high fever

J

• Japanese encephalitis ... high fever
• Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ... high fever

L

• Legionnaires' disease ... high fever
• Leptospirosis ... high fever
• Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis ... high fever

M

• Malaria ... High fever
• Mastitis ... high fever
• Mastoiditis ... high fever
• Measles ... high fever
• Melioidosis ... high fever
• Meningitis ... High fever
• Meningococcal A ... High fever
• Meningococcal B ... High fever
• Meningococcal C ... High fever
• Meningococcal disease ... High fever
• Murine typhus ... high fever

N

• Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome ... high fever
• Neutrophilic dermatosis, acute febrile ... high fever

P

• Peritonitis ... high fever
• Plague ... high fever
• Pneumococcal meningitis ... High fever
• Pneumococcal pneumonia ... High fever
• Pneumonia ... High fever
• Pneumonia, Bacterial ... high fever
• Pneumonia, Staphylococcal ... high fever
• Postoperative septicemia ... high fever
• Pulmonary infections related to AIDS ... High fever

Q

• Q fever ... high fever, high fevers
• Quinsy ... high fever

R

• Rubella ... high fever

S

• SARS ... high fever
• Scarlet fever ... high fever
• Septicemia ... high fever
• Serious fever ... high-grade fever
• Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome ... high fever
• Still's Disease, Adult-Onset ... high fever
• Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ... high fever

T

• Tetanus ... high fever
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, congenital ... high fever
• Toxic Shock Syndrome ... High fever
• Trichinosis ... high fever
• Trypanosomiasis, east-African ... high fever
• Typhoid fever ... high fever
• Typhus ... high fever

U

• Ulcerative colitis ... high fever

V

• Venezuelan equine encephalitis ... high fever
• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers ... high fever
• Viral meningitis ... High fever

W

• Weil's syndrome ... high fever

Y

• Yellow fever ... high fever

Conditions listing medical complications: High fever:

The following list of medical conditions have High fever or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

B

• Bacteremia ... high fever

M

• Miscarriage ... high fever

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Causes of High fever Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of High fever based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

Travel - has the patient travelled recently?

Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

Classifications of High fever:

Subtypes of High fever:

Severe temperature increase (7 causes), Fatal fever (12 causes)

Medical Conditions associated with High fever:

Fever (2274 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Temperature symptoms (2497 causes), Sick (5751 causes), Skin symptoms (5992 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Skin problems (3422 causes), Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)

Symptoms related to High fever:

Fever (2274 causes), Nausea (2564 causes), Vomiting (2819 causes), Diarrhea (2312 causes), Infection (1293 causes), Inflammation, Viral fever, Bacterial infection, Hyperpyrexia (19 causes), Temperature (2274 causes)

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for High fever

Medical research papers related to High fever include:

• Simple and accurate prediction of the clinical probability of pulmonary embolism
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• Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
• How useful is C-reactive protein in detecting occult bacterial infection in young children with fever without apparent focus?

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