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Old Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:05 PM
Neil Cuadra Neil Cuadra is offline
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topcow,

I'm sorry you are feeling lousy.

Are your counts really going down, meaning they are dropping from one CBC to the next, or are they holding at those mildly low levels? Do you know what your counts have been in the past, before this started? You don't want to draw any conclusions from a since CBC test.

Your white count isn't elevated, so that's another sign that you don't have an infection. Which is good since you don't want to be a possible source of infection for your son.

You have reason to be concerned and to ask questions like this, but I don't think you need to panic. The fever may disappear as mysteriously as it appeared and doctors typically don't get serious about unexplained fevers unless they involve fevers over 101 for 3 weeks or more. But that's just a guideline.

Inflammation is a possible cause of fever so perhaps it's worth asking the doctor if that's a likely suspect in your case. You could ask for more diagnostic tests too, but if your doctor wants you to wait for now that's probably reasonable advice.
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