Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children1 Year 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 .
Initiallygt 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 given as home remedy to decrease fever.
Adequate fluid intake is also beneficial.
Urine outpfut monitoring is necessary to avoid dehydration .
Author of questionMom of a 2 yr 9 m old girl1 Year agoA. her age is 16 months and weight is11 kg. how much syrup I will gave her. is it 5 ml?
RashmiMom of a 10 yr 11 m old girl1 Year agoA. Okay so you can repeat it again after six hours and also you can do cold sponging that really helps a lot in reducing down the fever with passage of time so you can repeat the medication after every six hours if the temperature rises
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