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A 34-year-old female asked:
Sometimes oral temp normal while skin is fever? 12 weeks of 99.4-102.9 skin temp. 5 antib, blood work (lupus, hiv, hep, ra) neg. day 7 of doxy tmp 101.2
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Dr. Boris Aronzonanswered
Anesthesiology 26 years experience
Exam: Without detailed physical exam and lab work it is impossible to determine the cause of your fever. See infectious disease physician.
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Dr. Chevies Newmananswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 24 years experience
Well, that's a tough: One. You have a fever of uncertain origin, maybe. It seems as though you are checking it a lot though. I would stick with oral temp only. Do you feel bad? Chills, night sweats? Did u get chest x-ray? If not feeling bad and oral temps normal, i would try to get on with it. Cont abx but go just with oral, if normal consider that no fever if having no illness. Keep seeing doc though.
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