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Does everyone who gets rhematatic fever always have a high fever like 101 +?
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Almost always: In nearly all cases temp is elevated to 39 degrees centigrade although a temp of 38 degrees (100.4 f) or higher is significant.
Answered 11/9/2012
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Everyone? No.: But most people with this now uncommon manifestation of group a streptococcal infection do.
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