What cause fever and rashes on an infant s body?
Patient: I have a 17 month old grandson who has what seemed to be a minor cold for the last 2 weeks. He threw up a couple of times in the last 2 days, (mostly bile and water), and had a temperature of slightly more than 100. He went to the pediatrician with a heartrate of about 200. He is now in the hospital where he has had bloodwork that came back normal except for a couple bands high in his wbc count. His hr is now about 140 but when he s upset it spikes to 180. Chest xray appears a normal heart and lungs, but they are saying his lungs may have borderline pneumonia? He also has presented with a rash. Any ideas? Doctor: Your child is suffering from the ill-effects of a lung infection which may have occurred initially as a virus, but got complicated into a bacterial one about the time he had to be put in a hospital. All the symptoms and signs and the investigation results prove that the infection is a rather serious one, so he should be on a path to recovery if the antibiotics they are using on him are working well. The rash could be part of the manifestations of the germs that gave him the infection, or it could be due to the antibiotic that is currently being given to him.Hope this helps!Dr. Taher