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A member asked:
My son who will be 4yrs old in a week has been running a fever for two days its 39.0 what should i do?
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See your doctor: He may simply have a virus, but he may also have a progressive bacterial infection; difficult to distinguish between the two without seeing a physician.
Answered 3/15/2013
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Check with your doc: This may be regular viral infection but also something worse such as sepsis check with doc asap.
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