Question 1

how is pontiac fever treated?

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Pontiac fever: This is legionella infection without pneumonia, first detected in the pontiac michigan health department while a building was being worked on or demolished next door.  It is treated with antibiotics that are effective against legionnaire's disease.

Question 2

what are the most common symptoms of pontiac fever?

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Pontiac Fever: Sx's of Pontiac fever may include fever, chills, headache,  cough, muscle aches, decreased appetite, loose stools &amp; fatigue. Per the CDC- pneumonia does not occur with Pontiac Fever.  REF:  https://www.cdc.gov/legionella/about/signs-symptoms.html#:~:text=Symptoms%20begin%20between%20a%20few,fever%20does%20not%20have%20pneumonia.

Question 3

how does pontiac fever differ from legionnaires' disease?

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Quicker. Milder.: Both are caused by the legionella germ. Pontiac favor happens quicker. It's milder and doesn't have breathing problems like cough chest pain, pneumonia. Good question!

Question 4

what effect does a fever have on vital signs?

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Fever: Generally you can attribute an increase pulse rate of 7% for every degree elevation of temperature above 100 f.  Depending on the causes of the fever, there may also be an increase in respiratory rate, or a decrease in blood pressure may occur due to dehydration from fever.

Question 5

fever during 15th day of ovulation is a sign of?

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Fever: Is fever, not a sign of ovulation. Whatever the usual causes of fever might be. By the way, a fever is defined as temperature over 100.4 fahrenheit on 2 occasions 4 hours apart - is that what you are experiencing?

Question 6

what are some of the signs & symptoms of valley fever?

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See below: Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease picked up through inhalation. Often the symptoms are mild and the disease not recognized. In one to three weeks when they do occur they include fever, cough, chest pain that can be severe, chills, night sweats, headache, fatigue, joint pains and a red painful bumpy rash. It can take months to fully recover and you should be followed for dissemination.

Question 7

i get a fever whenever i am very tired, is this a sign of any disease?

Accepted Answer

See below: It's probably the reverse.  You get tired because you have a fever.  Fevers use up a lot of energy so fatigue is quite common.

Question 8

what are the signs and symptoms of an internal fever and how do you treat it?

Accepted Answer

Internal fever?: It would not really be a fever unless we could detect it externally... Greater than 100.5.

Question 9

what is the sign of  your body being extremly  hot to the touch but no fever?

Accepted Answer

Flushing: Flushing. Consider carcinoid syndrome, pheochromocytoma or just over heating.

Question 10

i swam in a 5 degree cold water and now im suffering fr cold its almost 3 weeks im having fever in the afternoon. i done all test but no sign of infec?

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See a doctor: Three weeks of fever is enough to warrant a full medical evaluation. Go and be evaluated. Good luck.

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