RECURRENT FEVERS WITH LYMPH NODE SWELLING

WHAT CAUSES RECURRENT HIGH FEVERS EVERY 6 WEEKS.  MY DAUGHTER JUST

TURNED 3 YESTERDAY AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM SINCE SHE

WAS 18 MONTHS OLD.  SHE STARTED OUT WITH A HIGH FEVER AND SWELLING

OF A LYMPE NODE UNDER HER RIGHT EAR WITH NO ILLNESS SYMPTOMS, SPIKED

105* TEMP IN NO TIME, WE SPENT 7 DAYS IN HOSPITAL, ALL CBC LEVELS WERE

ELEVATED BUT COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG.  EXACTLY 3 WEEKS

LATER WE WERE BACK IN THE HOSPITAL FOR ANOTHER 7 DAYS, 6 WEEKS LATER

AGAIN, AND THEN ANOTHER 6 WEEKS LATER WE SPIKED 106.2* IN THE

DOCTORS OFFICE - IMMEDIATELY ADMITTED, STILL NO SYMPTOMS JUST HIGH

FEVERS SUDDENLY, 1 DAY LATER LYMPE NODE SWOLL UP AGAIN.  THEY DID

EMERGENCY SURGERY TO REMOVE NODE, HOPING THIS WOULD FIX OUR

PROBLEM BUT 6 WEEKS TO THE DAY WE STARTED OUR FEVER AGAIN AND

SWELING WHERE THE "NODE IS NO LONGER".  PEDS OFFICE REFERRED US TO A

REHMATOLOGIST & INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR BUT EVERYTHING STILL

NEGATIVE ON SPECIALIST TESTING.  THEY HAVE TESTED US FOR MEDITERRIAN

FEVER PANEL AND STILL NO ANSWERS.  THEY SAY WE HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR

EVERYTHING MEDICALLY KNOW.  SHE HAS BEEN TAKING A ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

FOR ALMOST A YEAR WHICH HAS DECREASE OUR DAYS OF FEVER DOWN TO 3-4

DAYS BUT SHE STILL IS ON 6 WEEKS & NODE AREA IS SWELLING ALITTLE MORE

EVERY TIME.  SHE HAS ALSO BEGAN TO HAVE PAIN IN HER JOINTS KNEES,

ELBOWS, BASE OF HEAD AND SHOULDER AREAS.  SED RATE USUALLY RUNS B/W

40 - 55, C-REACTIVE 7.5 - 25 AND WBC 20,000 - 35,000 DEPENDING ON WHAT

STAGE WE ARE DURING FEVER DAYS.  I KNOW I HAVE MISSED A FEW THINGS

BUT HOPING YOU CAN GIVE SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT TO LOOK AT.