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What Causes Gradually Increasing Body Temperature Despite Having Antibiotics For Tonsillitis?

my older son, Markus, 8, is currently going through tonsillitis. He s taking antibiotics and an allergy med and has been jumping from mid 36.x to 39.5 all weekend and I ve been using Kids Advil(ibuprofin) to help regulate his temperature whenever it d hit 39. Both my boys general body temp ranges from 36.5 to 38.5. Mines a pretty steady 38.1 to 38.5.  It s now 4:35am, Monday. His temp took a sudden drop to 35.7 at 2am and he was cold all over, so I watched him for an hour, checking temp every 15 minutes. At 3am, he tested 35.2, so I bundled him up and snuggled for an hour, checking temp every 20 minutes or so. Each time, he warmed a point or two till 4am, when his temp showed 36.2. Is this normal? What shall I do next?
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Hi...fever with a focus of tonsillitis can have fever for 7-10 days too.

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, you need not worry. Once fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Causes Gradually Increasing Body Temperature Despite Having Antibiotics For Tonsillitis?

Hi...fever with a focus of tonsillitis can have fever for 7-10 days too. 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, you need not worry. Once fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active. Regards - Dr. Sumanth