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Revision as of 16:48, 19 August 2020
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rinky Agnes Botleroo, M.B.B.S.
Synonyms and keywords:
Overview
This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom. The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes of febrile rashes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.[1]
- Meningococcemia or Meningoencephalitis
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
- Bacterial sepsis(Pneumococcal, Staphylococcal)
Common Causes
Common causes of rash with fever are given below[1] :
- Typhoid fever
- Dengue hemorrhagic fever
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
- Scarlet fever
- Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)
- Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP)
- Kawasaki disease
- Lyme disease
- Endocarditis
- Disseminated gonococcal infection
- Autoimmune vasculitis
- Varicella
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Hand foot and mouth (HFM) disease
- Anaphylaxis
- Shingles
- Rubella
- Measles
Diagnosis
Shown below are 04 algorithms summarizing the diagnosis of Rash with fever in a patient:
| Patient with Fever and Rash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Take complete history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Record Vital signs: ❑ Measure the temperature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ask about associated symptoms: ❑ Vomiting ❑ Nausea ❑ Abdominal Pain ❑ Cough ❑ Sore throat ❑ Chest pain ❑Arthralgias | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ask about other medical history: ❑ Asplenia ❑ Malignancy ❑ Collagen vascular disease ❑Any recent medications ❑Valvular heart disease ❑Chronic liver disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ask about recent travel history/Exposure: ❑Communal living ❑ Tick exposure ❑ Dog exposure ❑ Salt water exposure ❑ Tampon use ❑ International travel ❑ IVDU ❑Trauma and Diabetes Mellitus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Characterize rash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maculopapular rash | Petechial/Purpuric rash | Vesiculobullous rash | Erythematous rash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treatment
Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the treatment of [[disease name]] according the the [...] guidelines.
Do's
- The content in this section is in bullet points.
Don'ts
- The content in this section is in bullet points.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kang JH (September 2015). "Febrile Illness with Skin Rashes". Infect Chemother. 47 (3): 155–66. doi:10.3947/ic.2015.47.3.155. PMC 4607768. PMID 26483989.