Suggest Treatment For High Fever In A Toddler

Posted on Fri, 19 Aug 2016

Question: Hi doctor, my 2.5 year old son has got fever since today evening, given him 6 ml of calpol syrup at 6.30 PM. I just checked the temperature now, and it's 101F. Shall I apply Mefanorm? If yes, then the dosage please?? He weighs 10.5 kg arnd.(currently He is deep asleep though).
Thanks for your help.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You may give mefanorm

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for asking on this platform

Most common cause of fever in this age is some viral infection.Paracetamol is a safe drug to control the fever.The dose of paracetamol is 60 mg/day in 4-6 divided dosage.You can give about 650 mg of paracetamol per day.The 5 ml of calpol syrup contains 120 mg of paracetamol.So you may give 6 ml(144 mg)of paracetamol every 6 hours.Sponging helps in bringing down the temperature and makes medicines more effective.
Mefanorm contains mefenemic acid(100 mg/5ml).The dose is about 8-10 mg/kg/dose at an interval of 8 hours.It is more effective medicine to bring down the temperature.You may give 5 ml of mefanorm at an interval of 8 hours if temperature is not controlled with paracetamol.

I hope this helps.
Please let me know if you have any more query.
Wishing for your child's speedy recovery.
Regards

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