City doctors confused over mystery fever
Posted on: 16/Nov/2013 12:24:32 PM
For the last few weeks Chennaites have been suffering from a mystical fever. The doctors are also not able to find a proper solution for this fever. The fever shows symptoms of Chikungunya and at times of dengue, but the tests are negative for both. Most of the patients have really high fever which lasts up to three days following which they have intense pain in the joints. With the test results for various infectious diseases turning out to be negative, physicians find it difficult to prescribe medicines. Doctors say a lot of patients discontinue the medication they prescribe and go for a second opinion as they don’t get a concrete explanation for the cause.
Many patients are shuttling between doctors to find the reason for the fever and body aches. Health officials say such infections usually occur due to a change in weather, but say the current fever is not life-threatening.
