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Fever fit, febrile convulsion: An analog medical thermometer showing a temperature of 38.8 °C or 101.8 °F: Specialty: Emergency medicine, neurology: Symptoms: Tonic-clonic seizure [1] Usual onset: Ages of 6 months to 5 years [1] Duration: Typically less than 5 minutes [1] Types: Simple, complex [1] Causes: High body temperature [1] Risk ...
Fever > 5 days, large lymph nodes, rash, sore throat, diarrhea [1] Complications: Coronary artery aneurysms [1] Usual onset < 5 years old [1] Duration ~ 3 weeks [1] Causes: Unknown [1] Risk factors: Age of < 5 years old: Diagnostic method: Based on symptoms, ultrasound of the heart [1] Differential diagnosis
Scarlet fever occurs equally in both males and females. [16] Children are most commonly infected, typically between 5–15 years old. Although streptococcal infections can happen at any time of year, infection rates peak in the winter and spring months, typically in colder climates. [21]
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Fever >37.5 or 38.3 °C (99.5 or 100.9 °F) [1] [8] ... Infections presenting with fever were a major source of mortality in humans for about 200,000 years. Until the ...
The term childhood disease refers to disease that is contracted or becomes symptomatic before the age of 18 or 21 years old. Many of these diseases can also be contracted by adults. Some childhood diseases include:
A 5-year-old child had to be disarmed by police after answering the front door holding a loaded handgun in Michigan. The child opened the front door carrying the armed weapon to a cadet who came ...
In 2000, typhoid fever caused an estimated 21.7 million illnesses and 217,000 deaths. [11] It occurs most often in children and young adults between 5 and 19 years old. [62] In 2013, it resulted in about 161,000 deaths – down from 181,000 in 1990. [19]