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Possible influenza
Lexi was about to be placed on high-flow oxygen therapy when she “deteriorated”, says Dr Newall.
Her temperature shot up and Lexi began shaking, which Dr Newall described as “rigors” - episodes in which your temperature rises quickly accompanied by severe shivering - and she asked Porton at the time if that was what she had witnessed at home.
Dr Newall says Porton said it was the same shaking and this led the doctor to believe that Lexi had not suffered a seizure, but it had been rigors instead.
The consultant who had been called had now come in to the hospital and it was decided that Lexi most likely had a viral lower respiratory tract infection, possibly influenza.
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Possible influenza
Lexi was about to be placed on high-flow oxygen therapy when she “deteriorated”, says Dr Newall.
Her temperature shot up and Lexi began shaking, which Dr Newall described as “rigors” - episodes in which your temperature rises quickly accompanied by severe shivering - and she asked Porton at the time if that was what she had witnessed at home.
Dr Newall says Porton said it was the same shaking and this led the doctor to believe that Lexi had not suffered a seizure, but it had been rigors instead.
The consultant who had been called had now come in to the hospital and it was decided that Lexi most likely had a viral lower respiratory tract infection, possibly influenza.
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