Open AccessBack-to-basics: Fever is a syndrome and not just pyrexia
Author(s) -
Lucien Wasingya- Kasereka,
John Kellett
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
south sudan medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-4613
pISSN - 2309-4605
DOI - 10.4314/ssmj.v15i1.8
Subject(s) - medicine , complaint , suspect , high fever , intensive care medicine , fever of unknown origin , pediatrics , surgery , law , political science
Fever is a common presenting complaint in sub-Saharan Africa. Although it has many causes, the symptoms of fever, with or without an elevated body temperature, should always make the clinician suspect infection. The other presentations associated with fever often help identify its likely cause. However, the features of fever that make it life-threatening continue to bedevil physicians.