bigmighty Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 DS has had a 102 temp for past 48 hrs and now has extremely swollen wrists. He has been in remission from PANDAS and did not get any resurgence of OCD with this illness, so we assumed flu or viral infection. Now I am wondering. Starting Augmentin 875 in addition to ibuprofen, rest, and fluids. Should I be worried about rheumatic fever? Have your children ever experienced it and, if yes, what does it "look" like? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmighty Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Urgent care says he has "right bundle branch block" and possible rheumatic fever. Referred us to cardiologist and immunologist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryAW Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Sounds like you need a doctor and not this message board! You are doing the right thing - good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmighty Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 They ran a ton of labs yesterday. Will run more once they get these back and see what direction the info leads. Looks very much like he has rheumatic fever. Ugh. Can this kind not ever catch a break? He spent three years tapering off of antibiotics. Now he may need penicillin shots in his hip every three weeks for the next five years, plus he has heart damage.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicklemama Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Oh, no! I am so sorry. And you know you are going to be told how rare rheumatic fever is now. Please keep us updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmighty Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thanks. At least we caught it immediately and suspected what it was we were dealing with. Four years of PANDAS/CVID has taught us vigilance if nothing else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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