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Child Having High Fever, Throwing Up, Unable To Walk, Legs Tingling. Diagnosed Flu. Prescribed Tylenol, Motrin

my 4 year old has had very high fevers 102.0-104.5 for 4 days. the fevers come down with tylenol and motrin, but do not stay down. I am alternating them every 3-4 hours. on Saturday me and my two kids were throwing up and had fevers but now we are both fine, my 4 year old is still sick. we took him to the clinic this morning he was diagnosed with the flu type b. he is complaining about not being able to walk, his legs are tingling . why can he not walk?
Mon, 25 Mar 2013
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Hi,
Thank you for your query.
i do understand you anxiety.
Flu is a disease that causes myalgia and severe weakness.Along with that you child has lost some electrolytes during vomiting.All these factors are making your child weak and that is why he cannot walk.
Give him rest,lots of rehydrating fluids and nutritious food.Give him some time to recover.
Hope this answers your query.
If you have any other queries kindly direct them to me.
Wishing a speedy recovery.
Have a nice day.
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Child Having High Fever, Throwing Up, Unable To Walk, Legs Tingling. Diagnosed Flu. Prescribed Tylenol, Motrin

Hi, Thank you for your query. i do understand you anxiety. Flu is a disease that causes myalgia and severe weakness.Along with that you child has lost some electrolytes during vomiting.All these factors are making your child weak and that is why he cannot walk. Give him rest,lots of rehydrating fluids and nutritious food.Give him some time to recover. Hope this answers your query. If you have any other queries kindly direct them to me. Wishing a speedy recovery. Have a nice day.