Suggest Treatment For Severe Fever In An Infant

Posted on Sat, 15 Apr 2017

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Question : My 10 month old baby girl has 99.5 f temperature since morning. Have given 0.75 ml calpol liquid. Should I repeat it? Local doctor said yes. Is liquid Cronin a better option?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Both calpol and crocin are same

Detailed Answer:
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Both calpol and crocin has same composition that is paracetamol.Each ml of crocin or calpol contains 100 mg of paracetamol.
The average weight of 10 month old child is 7-9 kgs and 0.75 ml of crocin/calpol drop is adequate for this age. Depending on the frequency of fever medicine can be repeated at an interval of 6 hours.
So if you have given previous dose 6 hours back it can be repeated again.

I hope this helps.
Please let me know if you have any more queries.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar