7 year old son with recurring fever

[Oliver5]

My 7 year old son has had recurring high fevers every 3 to 5 weeks that last from 2 to 4 days.  (This past fever is the 5th one that has occurred).  He has been diagnosed and treated for strep and sinus infections, but nothing more.  The doctors have tested for mono, pneumonia, lyme disease - all which were negative.  What could possibly be wrong?  He has no other symptoms aside from the high fever. Any ideas would be appreciated.

[aquafall]

This caught my eye, I have a 4 year old daughter who has been through the hoops with testing. She will spick a 106 fever for no reason about every three weeks. This went on for a year and half and now she will get a low grade fever and have a seizure from it. I can understand the frustration, it has be hard on her. The only thing we have found is sinus problems and she takes allery medicine and it is the first thing in a long time that has helped. Now she has blood in her urine and have no idea where that is coming from. I almost need to hear a sound problem, it would at least be easier to handle.

[lamommy]

I have a son with recurring fevers.  They happen every 3-5 weeks with no other symptoms.  He may feel a little "down" while the fever is spiking but other than that he is running around and playing as normal.  Its kind of embarrassing taking him to the doctor when he is acting completely normal and trying to explain that he is sick and has fever.  Right now the diagnosis is chronic sinusitis, which he is taking antibiotics.  We also have been through blood work, cultures, urinalysis, xrays, ultrasounds, etc...So far everything negative except the sinus infection.  I'm hoping this round of abx will get rid of the fevers.  I'm curious how your son is doing now.

[chevn]

Hi...your comments you posted caught my eye because my 7 yr old little girl has had a noticeable pattern of recurring fever for at least 2 yrs(at least that's when I realized there was a pattern).  She has no other symptoms, besides what I believe are induced by the fever..achy body, head ache.In between the cycles(3-4 wks) she is energetic, happy,healthy..& then it seems to hit her like clock work. She has a younger sister(17mo apart).They are constantly together,sometimes share a drink, yet my younger rarely if EVER gets sick.A brief history=@birth she was jaundice, but fine w/n a wk.Had 10 ear infections before she was 2..got tubes @ age2. Just this yr she's experianced burning in her throat(heartburn)out of the blue.
Family History= Father had childhood ulcers,IBS,diagnosed early w/ chrones, but later during appendectomy(age20) ruled it out, and acid reflux. Paternal gma=schogrens disease,Bruton's disease.Also, her paternal great aunt,& female cousine(age2) have been diagnosed w/ Bruton's disease. I'm taking her to the doc today, & asking for a complete blood cell count, because so far no testing has been done..always been diagnosed as possible viral infection-no big deal...So anyway, I appreciate the frustration you must have with wanting your little one to feel good & seeing a pattern that no one seems to know the cause of..Good luck and I'll post any worthy news of my little one. God Bless

[Oliver5]

Thanks for all the insight.  Went to the doctors this week (again) and did a complete work-up.  He (once again) tested negative for lyme disease, mono, etc. They have done blood tests, urine culture, x-rays - nothing has been found. The only good thing that came out of this is that his white blood cell count is normal (per the doctor this indicates that nothing is seriously wrong with him).  I am really thinking it is head related (adnoids, tonsils) and we are therefore going to take him to a ear,nose and throat specialist.  Process is very frustrating - I feel so bad that I can't do anything to help the poor guy.

What are signs/symptoms of enlarged adnoids and how do they diagnose it?  My son has always been a stuffy kid, snores and within these past few months has been diagnosed once with strep and once with a sinus infection.  I'm thinking (hoping) his fevers are being caused by some problem with his adnoids or tonsils.

[rusalka]

I agree with the doc complete run up of blood. His immune system is having trouble fighting things. IT may be an auto immune problem.  Poor little thing. It must be horrible. He musn't have any energy at all.  What about Lyme disease?  A little girl in our preschool had a problem like this with Strep and her blood took over a year to get back to normal but the year before she was treated for lyme disease.The strep ran right through her family.  Do change that toothbrush and do get more testing.  Lots of luck rusalka

[ozark]

has he had a urine culture done?