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  1. Mayo Clinic Minute: What to do if your child has a fever

    A fever is a temporary increase in body temperature, and a sign that you're fighting an illness or infection. The average normal temperature for a health person ...

  2. Rheumatic fever - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Rheumatic fever is a disease that causes swelling called inflammation in joints and some organs. The condition can happen when strep throat or scarlet fever isn ...

  3. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Child with recurrent fever may have periodic fever syndrome

    A diagnosis of periodic fever syndrome is based on symptoms. Effective treatment is available. A fever is a rise in body temperature. It's often a sign of ...

  4. Dengue fever - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Dengue (DENG-gey) fever is an illness from mosquito bites that happen in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Mild dengue fever causes a high fever and ...

  5. It's often a sign of infection. Fever itself most often is harmless and it may play a role in fighting infection. Most fevers don't need treatment. The average ...

  6. Typhoid fever - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Overview. Typhoid fever is a life-threatening infection that affects millions of people each year. A certain strain of salmonella bacteria causes ...

  7. Valley fever - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Overview. Valley fever is a fungal infection. Coccidioides (kok-sid-e-OI-deze) organisms are the cause ...

  8. Don’t ignore infant fevers - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Fever in an infant who is less than 3 months old is cause for concern. “A fever in this age group can be a sign of a serious bacterial infection that ...

  9. Febrile seizure - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Even a low-grade fever can trigger a febrile seizure. Infection. The fevers that trigger febrile seizures are usually caused by a viral infection, and less ...