My 2 year old daughter runs a high fever of 101 to 104 for about three days every four to six weeks since she was about 6 months old. We have taken her to the pediatrician during these fevers and during her well baby appointments, no infections of her ears, throat or anywhere were found. At 1st we were told it was just a virus, finally after throwing a near fit we were refered to a Pediatric Infectious Desease Specialits. We have had blood tests and xrays and ruled out Cancer, Lukemia and anything bad. We stopped taking her to the specialist because their advice was to watch her and take blood each month. She is growing a developing normally however the fevers continue. No one in our family has had this issue and I have four older sons. Does anyone know anyone who has had or is dealing with this?
Hi, Sounds like "periodic Fever Syndrome", my friends daughter has it. There is a specialist in San Diego,CA. if you want the info, I can get in contact with her. It is something they eventually grow out of and is treated with steriods when the fevers start to come on.
Hope this helps, A.
hi my name is C. my child is24months and she has the same problem the peditrican has no idea so im taking her to the desease center on mondey of next week....... hope your child feel better soon...
my daughter is two years old and she was doing that and they could not figure out why. i had been living in missouri and drove two hours to see a young pedatrician and he took one look at her and knew wat it was.. for months my doctors said it was something else... it was acually hands mouth and foot deases... treatable at home.. try bleaching every thing and keep her home for a week.i dont know how they did not know about this deases but two hours in another city they did,
Hi T.,
My 2 1/2 yr old girl has the same problem. We too rushed to the emergency room, etc. We have since found out that high fevers run in the family (surprisingly they are genetic)... I had them, my dad had them, and so on... Now when she spikes a fever we alternate between tylenol and motrin. Try to never let it get above 101.5. She usually has them for a period of 24-36 hours. And then it's like nothing was ever wrong. Hope this is comforting to you. Just don't let her fever get above 102.
Cheers
B. : )
Have you ruled out Thyroid issues?
Okay, I know this is going to be the most basic of suggestions considering all the tests you've had done, but since you don't mention it, I thought I'd throw it out there. Could she have an ear infection? When my son was a baby, he had constant colds and fevers and everyone said it was because he was teething - first tooth at 3 mos. so I'm sure some of the fever was because of that. I kept thinking that he must have an ear infection or something and lo and behold he did.
There was an article just about this problem
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030215/tips/25.html
Take this article to your doctor and have a heart to heart about what tests should be run
http://symptoms.wrongdiagnosis.com/cosymptoms/cyclic-feve...
might also be useful if she has any other symptoms with the fever
http://www.childrenshospital.org/views/june08/surgery_fou... is a very interesting study that you might keep in mind if this problem continues
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/0... is a newpaper report of the above study that included a doctor's own child and his participation in the study
Good for you for throwing a fit. Sometimes you really have to be aggressive and take charge of your child's health care. There are several conditions that fit your problem. First you have to become aware of all the possible conditions and find a doctor that will work with you. Don't let any doctor pawn off a pissy diagosis like " it's just a virus" .
Good luck and let us know what happens.
I was also going to suggest ear ache or teething and also allergies??? I know that both my kids and myself will get cold like symptoms when our allergies attack...like this past week with the Santa Ana winds blowing in :(. My 2 yo daughter will also get pretty high fevers in the 102 range from this. We got both my kids food and environmental allergy tested in the last 6 months. They can do the blood test at 1 years old, but can only do the back scratch test after 2 years old. My 4 yo son showed no allergy reactions in his blood test, so no back scratch needed. My 2 yo daughter showed allergy reaction to nuts, wheat, egg and soy in her blood work. So we did the back scratch test for all the major food allergens, the common types of nuts, common environmental stuff, and common food dyes and preservatives. She had a reaction only to cashews. Then we did 2 months of food elimination/reintroduction of eggs, soy, and wheat. Two of elimination of all 3. Then I started off with eggs for a week. No reaction. Then soy for a week, no reaction. Then wheat. Immediate reaction. Her severe diaper rash and diarrhea came back within 24 hours and her ezcema broke out in her usual spots.
Basically allergies cause your body to think that it is sick and so the brain sends out signals to the body to overcompensate....fever, tiredness, rash, etc. to help flush out the toxins. So find that when our allergies are under attack for prolonged periods of time that's when we get sick.
I also have food allergies, and when I have been "bad" with my diet and have eaten stuff I am allergic to, I will get moderate to severe cold like symptoms. Chocolate does this to me. And I am intolerant to wheat/gluten so although it would take me eating a lot of wheat to make me sick, it can happen. If I eat more than 2 pieces of chocolate (like 2 Hershey Kisses), I will come down with cold like symptoms.
Anyhow, so maybe she's allergic to something either in her diet or in her immediate environment and every few weeks her body has had enough of it and reacts.
I hope you find the reason soon. I can't imagine how frustrated and worried you are.
Well, how high is high? Our pediatrician told us that babies and young kids' temperatures will vary a lot in a day - especially when they are tired - they just have a wider range or "normal" than us adults do.
My friend used to freak out every time her daughter hit 99 and would give her tylenol, but turned out 99 is usually "fine" for a child - and she was giving wayyyyy too much tylenol to this child (or too often I should say).
The American Academy of Pediatrics actually recommends that you don't even try to bring a fever down unless it reaches 100.4, and even then your first reaction should not be to give tylenol, but rather start with a lukewarm bath to see it that helps, etc...
Good luck to you, hope it isn't anything serious!!
Ps- what about a different specialist maybe?
The only kids (and adults) I've known in real life who've done that have all had malaria.
Of course, by "high" I'm assuming over 103? Like 103-106?
102 and under is actually a fairly common teething temp, and many kids teethe kind of cyclically while others seem to teethe all at once for a few weeks solid. My own son would run 101-102 for a few days, then nothing for a few weeks, then again, etc., because he teethed just a little bit at a time. We weren't worried though, because it was relatively low, easily managed with tylenol, and rather obviously related to his teeth coming in.
My daughter use to get high fevers from 6 months til about 2 years old. They never found anything wrong either and always said was a virus. At 9 months she had a fever of 106 and went into a seizure and i had to have an ambulancee rush her to the emergency romm at 3am. They did every test imaginable and still found nothing. I was told once it happens, it can happen again so just to never let her fever get over 101. My only advice is to give her tylenol and motrin every few hours alternating meds when has a low fever to prevent her from getting a high one that can cause a seizure or even worse. Try Cool baths and very light clothes. Good luck and hopefully she will out grow the fevers like my daughter did. Good luck!
HI T.,
I had this same issue with my daughter who is now almost 4. Come to find out that it was dehydration. Whenever she was dehydrated she would get the fever. Now we make sure she is always drinking water regularly. NO problems since we figured this out. Hope it helps.
A.
we had this problem with my son. He is also 2 years. I took him to an allergist. It turns out he was having problem with the carpet in our apartment. When he was 2 weeks old, we had a little bit of flooding. Our apartment complex never did anything to fix it. So, we had mold testing done and it was pretty bad. We moved immediatly and he hasn't had a fever once since we moved back in March. Maybe get a little mold test kit from lowes and see if that might be the problem? Or get some allergy testing done. You never know what it might be. I hope he feels better soon!
My nephew has this. He is now 4 and his fevers are getting further apart. I think he is fevering every 8 weeks now. He has been to every specialist. Had blood draws etc. Now he is going to a rheumatologist.
once he could communicate he started complaining of sore muscles and bones during the episodes. My sister thinks it ma be peridoic fever something called PFAPA but we don't know.
