My 2 year old son has recurrent fevers about once a quarter where he has some symptoms of a cold but the fever lasts more than 2 or sometimes 3 days. He had diarrhea and one bout of vomit when I first noticed his fever, but other than that he hasnt had other symptoms. His stools have firmed up, no more vomit, still fever 102/103 range. We visited the doctor and she took blood sample and it was determined his WBC was normal, but he was slightly anemic where levels decreased since Nov, normal in Oct. The doctor ordered a CBC and Ferritin test. Could this be a sign he has something more serious? She said the test we did in office also indicated he had small red blood cells. To my knowledge, I was tested for sickle cell in college and it was negative. My husband is not sure if his sickle cell status and his mother s sisters have lupus (perhaps his mom too). Could this be cancer, leukemia, blood or autoimmune disorder?
Hi, Welcome to Chat Doctor, I totally understand your concern. If you start thinking of possibility, you might end up worrying forever. Why can't you think of a chance of simple iron deficiency anemia which is very much possible in this age group. I appreciate your efforts to work him up for possible other causes, but I would suggest not to get too stressed about the possibilities. Your child is under the monitor of a good pediatrician, and he will do what is needed to figure out what your child has got. Let him take the stress, and you enjoy and care about children nutrition and daily needs. I am sure it's not going to be any major illness. If that was the case, the doctor would have not ordered for just simple CBC and ferritin. So relax and take care.