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High Fever

Because of developments in antibiotics and vaccines, most of the diseases that caused these high fevers are either treatable or preventable.Further research has also found that fever is not the enemy. Instead, it has been found that fever is an important part of the bodys defence against whatever infection is invading the body.

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Meningitis

Bacterial meningitis is fairly uncommon, but it can be extremely dangerous. Around 1 in 10 cases are fatal, and 1 in 7 of those people who survive are left with a serious disability, such as deafness or brain damage.Meningococcal bacteria can cause both meningitis and septicaemia (blood poisoning).

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Measles

Measles itself is unpleasant, but the many complications it can cause are dangerous.Measles can lead to many different complications: croup, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, diarrhoea, pneumonia, conjunctivitis, myocarditis, hepatitis, and encephalitis.

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Mumps

Serious complications of mumps are more common among adults than among children.Women may be at risk for spontaneous abortions if they get mumps during the first trimester of pregnancy.Almost half of adolescent or adult men who have mumps may experience painful swelling of the testicles, called orchitis. Sterility rarely occurs.Rare complications caused by mumps include an infection of the brain (encephalitis), and inflammation of the covering of the brain and spinal cord (meningitis).

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Chickenpox Symptoms

The blisters often appear first on the face, torso, or scalp and spread from there to the arms and legs. Blisters on the scalp are found in approximately 80% of cases. This clinches the diagnosis.

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Chickenpox

Adults can suffer from chickenpox as well.The affected child or adult can develop hundreds of itchy, fluid-filled blisters that burst and form crusts.Chickenpox is caused by a virus called varicella-zoster, and this virus is actually part of herpes family.

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