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Suggest Treatment For High Fever In A Child
My ten year old has had a temperature of 101 since yesterday afternoon I gve him tylenol yesterday fever broke but came back again at three a.m. I then gave him tylenol again and it broke. again this morning around 11 it came back again gave tylenol. it is now 5pm and now he has 102 should I bring him to the hospital?
Sat, 24 May 2014
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If there are no other localizing signs like respiratory complaints, no rash, no urinary complaints and no gastro-intestinal complaints then its very much likely that the fever is non specific viral infection.
There is no cause for concern, continue giving antipyretics.
Do get back to me for further queries
Take Care
Best Regards
Dr Deepak Kishore
MBBS,MS,MCH
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon
Welcome to Healthcare-Magic
Greetings of the day
If there are no other localizing signs like respiratory complaints, no rash, no urinary complaints and no gastro-intestinal complaints then its very much likely that the fever is non specific viral infection.
There is no cause for concern, continue giving antipyretics.
Do get back to me for further queries
Take Care
Best Regards
Dr Deepak Kishore
MBBS,MS,MCH
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon
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