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Suggest Treatment For High Fever
Posted on
Tue, 12 Aug 2014
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Tue, 12 Aug 2014
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Tue, 2 Sep 2014
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Question : My 8 month old niece is having fever from last 1-2 days. It varies between 101-103. Sponge bath is been given on regualr intervals along with mild medicine. Please suggest ways to provide better care; also is this normal or something wrong is there. Baby being 8 month old how much fever is an emergency situation ?? Pls revert
Brief Answer:
Cause needs to be taken care of
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.
Getting fever is not normal. There must a cause for high fever. Does she have any other symptoms apart from fever?
Fever above 104 would be an emergency.
For fever give her crocin (120mg/5ml) to be given in the dose of 5 ml every 6 hours, when fever is present. This will help reduce the fever. Cold sponging is also ok. Do not wrap her in warm clothes (this will raise the temperature). Rather let the sweat evaporate. It will bring down the fever.
Hope it helps.
Dr Vaishalee
Cause needs to be taken care of
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.
Getting fever is not normal. There must a cause for high fever. Does she have any other symptoms apart from fever?
Fever above 104 would be an emergency.
For fever give her crocin (120mg/5ml) to be given in the dose of 5 ml every 6 hours, when fever is present. This will help reduce the fever. Cold sponging is also ok. Do not wrap her in warm clothes (this will raise the temperature). Rather let the sweat evaporate. It will bring down the fever.
Hope it helps.
Dr Vaishalee
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