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What Is The Treatment For Fever And Cough In A Child?

Hi My daughter is six, has been running between 101 and 104.4 for the past two days. Medicine drops it for two hours and it goes right back up. She s complaining of abd pain and has developed a cough today. Pulse between 150-200. Blood work was okay, dip ua had some ketones. Er or wait it out?
posted on Sat, 9 Aug 2014
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Hi...what you say is suggesting a probability of VIRAL ILLNESS. But only one question is how is the activity of the kid when the fever touches the baseline after a dose of paracetamol. If the kid is active when there is no fever - you need not worry - its only a viral illness and no need to go to ER. High heart rate could be due to fever and as is the case with ketones.
regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Is The Treatment For Fever And Cough In A Child?

Hi...what you say is suggesting a probability of VIRAL ILLNESS. But only one question is how is the activity of the kid when the fever touches the baseline after a dose of paracetamol. If the kid is active when there is no fever - you need not worry - its only a viral illness and no need to go to ER. High heart rate could be due to fever and as is the case with ketones. regards - Dr. Sumanth