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Pediatrician ordered blood work at the insistence of my husband after trying to say the fever was due to teething. Again. The CBC with differential came back normal, so they said. But in his medical records, it literally says abnormal in the comments. They also did a blood culture and when I asked about that, they said his preliminary results are fine and they were monitoring for the final results. For some reason, I cannot view this in his patient portal.We found something called PFAPA and are wondering if that's what we are dealing with.
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You can post the cbc here if youd like. Its not uncommon for a lab result to flag as abnormal but actually be fine. Blood cultures probably dont appear in your portal until 5 days, but if its negative at 1-2 days then it will almost certainly remain negative. PFAPA is certainly possible, or HIDS, but doesnt really fit the fever pattern.Chronic subtle skin infection was my first thought but sounds like not the case. Could just be back to back to back viruses especially if there are intermittent fever-free days, or mono. Can I presume he doesnt have a central line? I wouldnt be surprised if the doctor tomorrow wants to admit him to the hospital to expedite more testing. We typically send blood for lots of less common infections and non infectious conditions, and sometimes ultrasound and/or mri looking for signs of a site of infection. Please update here if youre comfortable doing so.
You literally just have to leave and reschedule if you dont feel heard. Its not worth the medical ptsd in my opinion . My rfa for my back I asked for sedation at the center they blew 4 veins and got blood all over, (which triggered my thoughts of cutting i suppress as much as possible), then told me I didnt need sedation anyways and told me my only other option was to leave if I didnt want to do it with nothing . Feeling trapped and not wanting to seem like a wimp I did it with no Iv line of any kind.Ive never heard of them having someone completely out where they cant test the nerve . You can ask for a medrol dosepak tho to help inflammation /post op pain or go into any urgent care for toradol . Ive done the urgent care option often .Sedation isnt used for like anything injection or nerve burning wise anymore and idk who got the idea to torture patients , cheap insurances not wanting to pay most likely, but it makes me sick . 15 years ago you got sedation even if you didnt want it. We were treated like humans . Oh what a time .Im sorry you experienced this. Therapy has helped me in dealing with some medical ptsd issues . At least the anger and feeling violated .
We dont sedate all the time because sedation has very high risks and can result in aspiration, inability to ventilate, and death. Sedation is taken very seriously and is a very high risk thing to do.