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How Can Viral Fever Be Treated?
I have a grandson that came home with a bacterial virus with high temperature (104), sore neck, headache, joint pains, earaches, first one ear and now both , fatigue, sore throat stuffie nose, which has been almost a week with different symtoms took him to eu clinic 2nd day and still hasn t felt any better. He s16 years old. No strep.
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Viral fever is treated with symptomatically like tablet Paracetamol thrice a day for five days. Take rest, drink plenty of liquids. Check for complications like rash, giddiness or pain abdomen or breathless or oliguria. If present please consult your physician immediately he will examine and treat you accordingly.
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Viral fever is treated with symptomatically like tablet Paracetamol thrice a day for five days. Take rest, drink plenty of liquids. Check for complications like rash, giddiness or pain abdomen or breathless or oliguria. If present please consult your physician immediately he will examine and treat you accordingly.
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