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A temperature between 101–102 is considered a mild fever, 102–103 a moderate, and 104 or above a high fever, and delirium or convulsions may occur. From birth until adolescence, temperature between 99.8–100.8 is considered a low-grade fever. If the temperature is taken rectally, it is not considered a fever until it is above 100.4.
Adult and pediatric manifestations for the same disease may differ; for instance, in COVID-19, one metastudy describes 92.8% of adults versus 43.9% of children presenting with fever. [ 14 ] In addition, fever can result from a reaction to an incompatible blood product.
Hepatitis A, adults > 50 years old Viral Unvaccinated ≈1.8% [17]: 278 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Viral Unvaccinated & Treated with unspecific treatments: 0.088% Depends largely on the age group of the person, earlier strains of COVID-19 had higher CFR of around 0.1%. [53] [54] [55] Lassa fever: Viral Treated ≈1%
In 1680, Shivaji fell ill with fever and dysentery, dying around 3–5 April 1680 at the age of 52 on the eve of Hanuman Jayanti. He was cremated at Raigad Fort, where his Samadhi is built in Mahad, Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. [45] [46] 1827: Queen Nandi kaBhebhe, (mother of Shaka Zulu) died of dysentery on 10 October 1827. [47]
A young adult female buried in the cemetery of the Dominican Friary of Blackfriars in Gloucester, UK has been dated to the mid-15th century by traditional archaeological methods. [26] This skeleton holds widespread evidence of treponematosis ranging from caries sicca and nasopalatine destruction on the skull to numerous lesions on the long ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Medical condition Kidney cancer Other names Renal cancer Micrograph showing the most common type of kidney cancer (clear cell renal cell carcinoma). H&E stain. Specialty Oncology nephrology Urology Symptoms Blood in the urine, lump in the abdomen, back pain Usual onset After the age of ...
That study also found that most of these differences in IFR reflected corresponding differences in the age composition of the population and age-specific infection rates; in particular, the metaregression estimate of IFR is very low for children and younger adults (e.g., 0.002% at age 10 and 0.01% at age 25) but increases progressively to 0.4% ...
In 2012, about 0.5% of adults were infected with syphilis, with 6 million new cases. [9] In 1999, it is believed to have infected 12 million additional people, with greater than 90% of cases in the developing world. [34] It affects between 700,000 and 1.6 million pregnancies a year, resulting in miscarriages, stillbirths, and congenital ...