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    A 63-year-old International Telecommunications Executive Visits Your Office With Complaints Of A High Fever. The Fever Is Not Constant, But Intermittent. Then Can You Answer My Following Questions?

    When you press him for details he estimates that every three days or so he suffers these debilitating "sweats." He usually has headaches and muscle aches during the episodes. They keep him home from work. After half a day or so he feels better. He reports that he has experienced these episodes for about two months. 1. What should be your first question about the patient's history? 2. What is the name of the condition you suspect? What is the most likely causative organism? 3. Is this pathogen eukaryotic or prokaryotic? Would antibiotics be used to treat the disease?

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    Kathy_c

    1. I would ask the patient if anyone in his family has experienced similar symptoms, then I would ask him to explain all of the symptoms in detail and ask him to say how long they last.
    2. I may suspect fibromyalgia or hypocalcemia caused by lack of calcium in the body.
    3. Probably eukaryotic and antibiotics would only work if this was an infection. Antibiotics would not cure fibromyalgia or hypocalcemia.

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      motherbear

      I would wonder if he has been out of the country and what seems to trigger these spells for him, I suffer from Fibromyalgia, and although I have severe pain with mine and sweats, I have never ran a fever from it.

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