How Can Fever, Cold And Chills In A Child Be Treated?

Posted on Thu, 10 Aug 2017

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Question : hello doctor, my daughter age 4 year was caught by fever 99.7 by 6 days before felling cold n shivering. we have given crocin 6 ml that time n consulted doctor after that..doctor prescribed taxim - O forte 7 ml twice a day n crocin 6 ml twice a day for 5 days..we have given her dose..after 5 days she seems active but we observing fever is keep coming around 98 to 99 f . please suggest.

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (40 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Likely to be due to viral cause

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone carefully through the details and understand your concern. Most often such symptoms are due to viral infections and antibiotics are ineffective in such cases. Irrespective of treatment it usually spontaneously resolves in 5-7 days. In such a case, I would not recommend starting the medicines without getting a blood count done. Unless blood counts are raised, it is pointless to give medicines like Taxim-O.

Let me know if I could help further.

Regards

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