Author of questionGuardian of a 4 yr 3 m old boy3 years agoA. my son is 14 months and he is not well from past 1 week.he is having fever again and again.i reach out the doctor and he gave medicine syrups of 3 bottles.My son vomits whenever we gave hom dossage and he is crying a lot to take medicine.
what should i do?
Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children3 years agoA. Fever is a reaction of the body to different pyrogens released during any Infection. Usually temp more than 99 F is taken as fever .
Mostly in children fever is because of viral infections like flu or RSV where the fever is there for 4-5 days but may persist even upto 2 weeks .
Initially antipyretic like paracetamol is given in a dose of 15 mg / kg/ dose. Can be repeated after 4-6 hrs if needed .other medicine like mefenamic acid ibuprofen can also be given .
Lukewarmji sponge bath can be given as home remedy to decrease fever.
Adequate fluid intake is also beneficial.
Urine output monitoring is necessary to avoid dehydration .
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