• What is the history of your fever?
  • When did you fever start?
  • How often do you have a fever?
  • How long does your fever last?
  • Does your fever have a pattern?
  • Are you able to measure your temperature? How high is your fever?
• Have you had any other health problems over the past 3 months?
• Have you recently been exposed to anyone who has a fever?
• Have you recently traveled outside the country or been exposed to immigrants or other nonnative people?
• Have you had any insect bites in the past 6 weeks, including tick bites?
• What home treatment measures you have tried? Did they help?
• What nonprescription medicines have you taken? Did they help? Keep a fever chart of what your temperature was before and after home treatment.
• Do you have any health risks?

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