16 Month Old & Extended Fevers

My son recently had a high fever for 10 days... and we went to the doctor throughout the week... where they eventually did a blood test (to rule out bacterial infection) and a chest x-ray (to see if the virus had settled in his lungs)... and they finally found it in his lungs and saw that he had a viral pneumonia!... which has now been resolved with antibiotics. We're all finally getting rest again.

You should definitely insist on further testing or get a new doctor... although a cold and/or cough can last up to a few weeks, I was told that a fever should not last more than just a few days!...

Good luck... I hope she feels better soon!

it could be a uti-take a sample to the ped just to be sure. L.

Go back to the Dr. & demand blood work be done ASAP. If your Dr. is not concerned that your child has been sick for 3 weeks than you need a new Dr.

Oh my... this sounds like something i'd see on the show "mystery illness". A child should not be sick for 3 weeks, and don't take "it is a virus" for an answer! Keep going to different doctors until you find one that is willing to run a battery of tests to rule out the "less common" possibilities... the ones that most doctors avoid as not to "run expensive tests" and cut costs. But when it is your child, you want answers. Dehydration and fatigue are serious concerns, and 3 weeks is a really long time to have a virus. Take her to a different doctor today-- and let us know how it turns out!

I agree with the other moms here - three weeks is way too long to be dealing with this. Most viruses clear up in 3-7 days so this is obviously something more than that. Definitely go back to your pediatrician and request that blood tests and urine tests be done to rule out other possibilities. You know your daughter better than they do and you know this is not normal so be as forceful as you need to be. It's not easy but you are your daughter's advocate and you are looking out for her health.

Have ur child a CBC bloodtest... She might be bitten by a mosquito whose carrying a virus which they called it "dengue". Have her platelet count check coz all the symptoms you mentioned were related to the dengue virus.

if she has has diarrhea it could be a uti my daughter got one and the infection went into her kidneys and we also found out that she has reflux in her kidneys. she had the same thing fever wouldnt break with motrin or tyleno b/c it was more than a virus i would take her back and see if she needs blood work and a urine sample not fun stuff but could be neccary luckly my dr is all over being safe rather than sorry