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Suggest Remedies For A Constant Fever In A Child
My 5 year old daughter is running a 106.9 temp. We just found out that she has a thyroid problem is waiting to be seen by a specialist next week. I have given her motrin, cool bath, liquids no clothing and can't seem to get her temp below 104. I took her to Urgent Care earlier in the day and they just advised me to keep doing what I'm doing but her fever at that point was only 103.8. Do I need to take her to an ER?
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi.... looks like viral illness. Please do not panic. What you are doing is perfect.
To make you more comfortable, I will explain you how a viral illness behaves.
Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active.
Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
To make you more comfortable, I will explain you how a viral illness behaves.
Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active.
Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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