Fever and rash

sp1ttle

My father has a fever since tuesday, and he has now developed what looks like a rash all over his body. He also is feeling fatigued and aches all over. He is worried because a coworker came down with cancer recently and he is afraid that it might be cancer related. He is also diabetic and is taking drugs for cholesterol. Anybody know what he has and should he be worried?

cooljammer00

does he mean he's afraid he caught cancer from a coworker? or that since he and his coworker are exposed to the same conditions (like working in a nuclear reactor) that he might have cancer too?

Since he's got problems already with diabetes and high cholesterol, get him to a doctor. He's insured, and piece of mind is worth the few hours you'll spend in a doctor's office.

sp1ttle

He doesn't work in a dangerous environment as far as I know, and he's afraid that it might be cancer due to his current health problems. The rash isn't itchy or anything, and other than the symptoms I listed above he seems to be doing fine. Just in case though, he made an appointment to see a doctor.

cooljammer00

well no, I was saying, as far as I know, you can't "catch" cancer.

brandotheninjamaster

This sounds like the beginning of a House episode...

Disclamer: I am not a Doctor in any way shape or form.

The rash may be related to his fever, if its high enough and present for a few days then a rash accompanying the fever may be common. Thats just my opinion anyway.

Anyway, talk you dad into going to the Doctor ASAP. Thats rare advice coming from me because I usually aviod the Doctors myself and let things heal on their own. With those symptoms he should be making an appointment and/or going to the ER. Just because he's scared that he may have cancer is no excuse 'bury his head in the sand' and 'wait for this to blow over'.

Daenris

A rash with/following a fever is not really that uncommon and there are many things it could be caused by, some harmless and some not harmless.

Short answer, he should see a doctor.

wunderbar

yea, you don't "catch" cancer like you can catch a cold.

But still, as is usually the answer on these threads: go see a doctor.

Dman

He should see a doctor. Keep tabs on how hot the fever gets.

Shankusu

This sounds an awful lot like mono

Which I have myself right now

point is, get him to a doctor and don't jump to conclusions

Wootloops

Take him to the hospital.

The list of things that include the symptoms rash and fever are quite long - best stay on the safe side and leave it to professionals.