Low Grade Fever and Its Causes and Symptoms

A fever is an increase in the body temperature above normal. Low Grade Fever is a delectation of the temperature above normal. The measurements of temperature change through the day and depends on the measurement. Low Grade Fever in an adult generally 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) or greater. Low Grade Fever can also be affect by environmental and body activities. Low Grade Fever may also happen in the ​process of ​protecting a ​person or ​animal from an ​infectious ​disease by putting a ​substance into the ​body that makes it ​produce ​antibodies.

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Causes of Low Grade Fever in Adults:

Here lot of cause of Low Grade Fever in adults but we describe only most important. Because causes of Low Grade Fever distribute in different parts like Common Uncommon and Rare. 

1.      Rare causes

• Chickenpox
• Leukemia
• Dermatomyositis - low-grade fever
• Diphtheria - low-grade fever
• Dengue
• Cyclosporiasis - low-grade fever
• Measeles
• Meningococcal disease
• Typhoid
• Q fever
• Mumps
• Norwalk-like viruses - low-grade fever
• Respiratory diphtheria - low-grade fever
• Ross river fever
• Tuberculosis
• Whooping Cough - low-grade fever

1.      Uncommon Causes

·       Malignant causes

·       Chronic abscess

·       Chronic mastitis

·       Blood Clot Fever

·       Rheumatoid arthritis

·       HIV

·       HIV Infection

·       Temporal Arthritis-Low Grade Fever

1.      Common causes

• Autoimmune
• Autoimmune diseases
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Polymyalgia rheumatica - low-grade fever
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Drug Fever
• Osteoarthritis—Low Grade Fever
• Chickenpox—Low Grade Fever

Drug Fever

Any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as a medicine. After starting a new medication Low Grade Fever can occur. Some medicine have been related to fever in which include beta-lactum antibiotics, alphamethyldopa, Dura tabs, procaine and diphenylhydantoin. Low Grade Fever may be occur by allergy of medicine.

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·         Blood Clot Fever

It can develop in a leg of a person and cause swelling and pain in the calf. This blood clot may travel to the lungs through pulmonary. When this blood clot travel to the lungs it is cause of chest pain and problem in breathing. Adults may suffer in Low Grade Fewer because of swelling and painful part of your body. 

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Osteoarthritis

It is also called degenerative joint disease. It is progressive disease the affects the joint breaks down overtime.

·      Rheumatoid arthritis

It is also called autoimmune disease that affects with episode of painful swelling part of the body. Rheumatoid arthritis also effect on body cells or organ and destruction of joints and disabilities is the result.

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Septic Arthritis

It is the joint’s infection by microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. It can happens through wound when bacteria enters the body through wound.

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·         Flu

Flu is a very common cause of low grade fever. It is cause of fever in which include fatigue, body aches, sneezing and sore throat.

According to the National Institutes of Health, every year 5 to 20 percent people gets the flu, and 36,000 people die by complications of flu. Pneumonia, Acute bronchitis, Encephalitis are the complications of the flu. It can be serious and can make cause of Low Grade Fever in adults.

 It has different virus itself such as H1N1 virus, virus A , virus B and virus C. Virus of flu can may occur Low Grade Fever in adults.

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·         Temporal Arteritis

Temporal arteritis is a serious disorder that causes chronic inflammation of the large and medium arteries of the head, which supplies vital oxygenated blood to portions of the head and brain. Temporal arteritis often affects the temporal arteries, which run over the temple areas next to the eye. Inflammation of these arteries results in an inability to adequately supply oxygen and nutrients to the brain and head areas.

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·         HIV/Aids

HIV is a uncommon cause of Low Grade Fever in Adults. HIV is a sexually transmitted virus.

·         Cyclosporiasis

It is transmitted by the ​process of ​absorbing ​nutrients or ​medications into the ​body by ​eating or ​drinking them. Cyclosporiasis is very rare cause of Low Grade Fever because of virus.

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Chickenpox

A very rare cause of Low Grade Fever. Less than 200,000 people suffers per year in this cause of Low Grade Fever.

Chickenpox is a touched disease. It is the kind of herpes virus. It is appear on skin like red rashes. It is curable by vaccine of chickenpox. But if its treatment be late, result is serious and complicated. Low Grade Fever may appear in this.

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Listen Carefully!!! 

Low Grade Fever is a symptoms of infection tuberculosis, UTI, PID, appendicitis lymphoma or a side effect of medication.

First you should vaccine all bacterial diseases at a time, which you are suffers in.

Try to treat fever with normal water, dip the piece of cloth in normal water and apply on patient’s head. Warning is this, do not try to give aspirin without doctor advice.

If a person gets chill with warmness so should cover the person with blanket otherwise do not apply this method when person feels chill in open air.

Give liquids to the person for hydrated. Do not give alchohol.

If person has stomach pain, vomiting, sore throat, in extremely hot weather but person not sweating, problem in breathing, blood-up, urination and severe cough etc, seek doctor help immediately 

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