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My son is 5years old and gets fevers of 39 degrees or even 40 degrees. this has been going on for 5 weeks going to 6 weeks now on and off. he was admitted in week 2 of this fever, his doctor suspected ecoli in the gut or somewhere..i don't know?
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Go to hospital: What you described warrants taking the child to the hospital. Wish you and your son good health!
Answered 5/23/2020
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