![]() ![]() The most common collagen-vascular disease in young people is juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Other tumors are leukemia, multiple myeloma, and renal, liver, colon, and breast cancers. Tumors, the second most common cause, include Hodgkin’s and non- Hodgkin’s lymphomas. Infections, the most common cause, include endocarditis (infection of the heart’s lining or valves), tuberculosis, abscesses, and viral infections such as cytomegalovirus infection. They’re caused by the body’s immune (infection-fighting) system attacking its own organs. Collagen-vascular diseases include systemic lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and scleroderma. Three major causes are infections, tumors, and collagen vascular diseases. Fever of unknown origin (FUO), as its name says, is a high temperature without any known cause after diagnostic tests have been done.
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