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What causes fluctuating fevers with only a head ache as other symptoms?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Fever and headache: For how long? You can have headache due to fever. recurrent fevers have to be evaluated could be sinusitis, abscess, TB, lymphoma, auto-immune disease(though usually other symptoms a well),viral infections follow up with doctor urgent care this week

Answered 1/19/2015

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