Prolonged subfebrile condition in children. Possible causes, diagnostics

Abstract

Prolonged subfebrile condition (PSC) is a complex diagnostic and therapeutic problem caused by a wide variety of reasons, which often require a wide and expensive examination, consultations of various specialists, and repeated hospitalizations. Most often, PSC is associated with infections, some non-infectious diseases (predominantly connective tissue) and growths. To infectious causes of DS include: acute respiratory viral infections, herpes virus infections, toxoplasmosis, chlamydia, borreliosis, bartonellosis, etc. Separately, “psychogenic fevers”, subfebrile condition associated with taking drugs, and artifical subfebrile condition are distinguished. The condition of the children, as a rule, is benign and in most cases goes away on their own within 6-24 months.