My baby 23months old has fever. I was giving calpol 120 6ml but temperature shoots up to 103 so gave meftal P. now with meftal p temperature came down . after 6hrs it's back to 102. should I give calpol 120 again and wait or can I give Meftal-p directly?

A. 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 . Lukewarm sponge bath can be givjen as home remedy to decrease fever. Adequate fluid intakge is also beneficial. Urine output monitoring is necessary to avoid dehydration .