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What Causes Rise In Temperate After Getting Hit On Head?

Hi , my daughter,she is 5years old, hit her head to another girl yesturday at school, and she had a very big soft lump on her forehead,I kept on eye and she was fine, but this morning she have a 39.9 temperature and I dont know or I need to worry about it, or is just kind of infection. Thank you very much.Regards Asta
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi... I think your kid has got a viral illness. The trivial head injury which she has undergone doesn't seem to be related to this 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.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Causes Rise In Temperate After Getting Hit On Head?

Hi... I think your kid has got a viral illness. The trivial head injury which she has undergone doesn t seem to be related to this 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. Regards - Dr. Sumanth