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Temperature measurement

Query fever

Symptoms of acute Q fever may include:

• Fever
• Headache
• Muscle pains
• Cough
• Chest pain upon breathing
• Shortness of breath
• Jaundice
• Clay-colored stools

Symptoms of chronic Q fever may include:

• Prolonged fever
• Night sweats
• Chills
• Fatigue
• Shortness of breath

The diagnosis of Q fever should be suspected in individuals with appropriate exposure histories who develop flu-like symptoms, pneumonia, hepatitis, or endocarditis. Q fever is diagnosed with a blood antibody test (serology).

Review Date: 09/25/2006
Reviewed By: Charlotte Grayson, MD, Private Practice specializing in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, Smyrna, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.