A detailed history can be quite helpful in identifying the cause of fever and a rash. A history of recent travel, woodland or animal exposure, drug ingestion or contact with ill persons should be noted. The time of year can be a clue to certain diagnoses.2â4.
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1 Women take 1 pill a day for 21 days, and then wait 7 days before starting a new 21-day pack. 2  28-day packs typically start with 21 hormone pills and add 7 placebo pills that do not contain hormones. 3  After taking hormone pills for 21 days, a woman takes the inactive pills for 7 days.