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[|Human|] my son is 16 and was diagnosed by his pediatrician on Monday with enterovirus. a week ago he started with stomach discomfort. The fever started Sunday afternoon and spiked to 104 by nighttime. today is Wednesday and with Motrin and Tylenol the fever has only gone down to 100. He has muscle pains all over the body including his neck most recently. Today he has a slight cough and says its a little hard to breathe thru his mouth? I am a pharmacist and should know better not to read every detail on line, but when I read meningitis, encephalitis or pericarditis I am very concerned that maybe I should take him to the hospital? Is it normal for the high fever to last for so many days? Help :( concerned mom. THANK YOU
[|AI|]  Hi, It seems from the history that your child has not gone through some important investigations E.g.. C.B.C, stool test to confirm it was retrovirus infection. As for now your child has got cough and difficulty in breathing with spike of fever. If I had wanted to evaluate the cause of these symptoms, I would suggest chest X-ray and sputum test first to rule out any bacterial or viral chest infection. As any infection can cause body ache, or muscle pain. Meningitis or encephalitis are inflammation in brain membranes and brain i self respectively, you should think about it when your child gets seizure, neck stiffness, confusion , paralysis or any other sign which is related to brain infection. So be relaxed, and you discuss further with your doctor after above-mentioned investigations. Chat Doctor.