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Suggest Treatment For Blue Discoloration Of Feet Along With Fever In Children

hi my son 5 yrs old had fever since yesterday and cough and vomiting,now he doesnt have cough and vomiting but still with fever,i was scared this morning when i saw his feet turn blue,i put his socks and it turned to normal,hes feet is cold,and my son still very tired
posted on Thu, 4 Dec 2014
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Hi...this looks like viral illness with peripheral vasoconstrictoin due to high fever.
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.
But if this recurs or if the urine output is falling down or has poor oral intake - I suggest you take him to the nearest emergency room immediately.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Suggest Treatment For Blue Discoloration Of Feet Along With Fever In Children

Hi...this looks like viral illness with peripheral vasoconstrictoin due to high fever. 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. But if this recurs or if the urine output is falling down or has poor oral intake - I suggest you take him to the nearest emergency room immediately. Regards - Dr. Sumanth