Suggest Treatment For Severe Cold And Fever In A Child

Posted on Mon, 1 Aug 2016

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Question : My son is 1 yr 11m completed. He is still affected by cold fever since last 6 days. We have fed paraetomal syrup for last 6 days with 5 to 6 hrs interval. Still fever is not completely gone. He is feeling more tiredness and irritation. He never cries most of the time.but during this time he is not listening only start for crying. We couldn't able to see him with this fever. Even blood and urine test report has done for dengue. The report said that 17500 is the count for LTC remaining things are up to normal. Now we r giving monocef o 100mg. We are feel unhappy and couldn't find the root cause and remedy as of now. Please help us to resolve to recover my son soon.

Answered by Dr. Archana Verma (28 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Need complete evaluation to rule out bacterial infection

Detailed Answer:
Hi
I completely understand your concerns but don't worry. The symptoms of your child with counts of 17500/mm3 is in favour of a bacterial infection. Since he has cough as well, so a chest X Ray is must to rule out pneumonia. Also, a good clinical evaluation by pediatrician and blood investigations esp. Hemogram with peripheral smear, CRP and blood culture will be of use.

The dose of paracetamol and monocef O needs to be appropriate for his weight for maximum benefit. Kindly mention that. You may upload complete reports and X Ray for my review. Further management plan depends upon evaluation and investigations as mentioned above. Ensure good healthy diet and fluid intake.

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