Fever and enlarged liver and spleen in children seen in diseases?

Fever and enlarged liver and spleen in children seen in infections diseases and infectious diseases, can also be seen in children with malignant proliferation of diseases such as leukemia. Pediatrician when you see children with fever, you should check whether the liver and spleen enlargement, to avoid some serious illnesses being missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis.

Viral infectious diseases in children, fever and enlarged liver and spleen mononuclear cells of acute viral hepatitis, infectious diseases have increased, and so on. Pathogenesis of acute viral hepatitis in the beginning when the first symptoms of fever, about 5-10 days or so, began to emerge in the skin and sclera in children with jaundice, and hepatosplenomegaly. By tests to check liver function to be generally clear diagnosis. Mononuclear cells of infectious syndrome is a disease caused by EB virus infection, generally more anxious, high fever, accompanied by the liver and the spleen and lymph nodes. Laboratory checks generally high white blood cells, lymphocytes in peripheral blood smear can discover more special.

While some in the fever of infectious diseases in children, often accompanied by hepatosplenomegaly. Such as typhoid and relapsing fever in children, such as malaria, Kala-Azar, usually visible liver or spleen enlargement, see also liver and spleen are enlarged and giant cell inclusion body disease, congenital syphilis congenital fever and schistosomiasis are visible and hepatosplenomegaly

Fever in children with acute leukemia and enlarged liver and spleen are more prominent and visible body lymph node enlargement. Based on these clinical features, check combined with peripheral blood, bone marrow puncture to check General is confirmed. In addition, the malignant histocytosis in children, also have a fever, and enlarged liver and spleen, and other clinical features.

In short, for children with fever and enlarged liver and spleen of doctors should be high priority. To pass the physical examination and about why the incidence of physical and chemical checks clear, establishing the diagnosis as early as possible, for timely and accurate treatment.