Should a child with a low-grade fever be on the lookout for leukemia?

A child’s low fever may be caused by leukemia, or it may be caused by upper respiratory tract infection, physiological low fever and other reasons.
1. Leukemia: It is mainly caused by gene mutation, chromosome abnormality and viral infection. As the immune function of the child has been abnormal, unable to resist the external pathogenic elements, thus prone to the phenomenon of low fever, in addition to leukemia itself will also lead to patients with tumor fever.
2. Upper respiratory tract infection: it is mainly caused by bacterial, viral and other pathogenic infections. The upper respiratory tract of patients may have inflammatory reaction, which may induce low fever.
3. Physiological low fever: may be the child’s activities, crying, clothing too thick, room temperature and other factors can make the child’s catabolism increase, excessive heat production and the emergence of a transient low fever.
Children with low fever can also be seen in other diseases, caused by physiological factors of transient low fever without treatment. If it is caused by diseases, you should go to the hospital in time, do the relevant examination, clarify the cause of the disease, and then follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment to avoid delaying the condition.