my grand son aged 3 years and 10 months cries a lot and today he has slight fever of 98.5 now at 10 p m yesterday night 99.5 and was complaining stomach ache. other than this he will not eat .we have to do lot of tricks to feed him including sometime he will eat watching t v .please advise.

Question

my grand son aged 3 years and 10 months cries a lot and today he has slight fever  of 98.5 now at 10 p m  yesterday night 99.5 and was complaining stomach ache. other than this he will not eat .we have to do lot of tricks to feed him including sometime he will eat watching t v .please advise.

Accepted Answer

for fever as well as pain kindly give paracetamol according to the weight of child as well as according to the power of paracetamol medicine you are having and paracetamol can be given maximum 4 times per day and also do body sponge to decrease the surface temperature.
also when u take temperature in the armpit of the child and it is 100 or more then only consider it as fever and give paracetamol.
higher medicines for fever like ibugesic and mefenamic has to be given only after medical consultationd.
after giving fever medicines you can wait for maximum 3 days and then meet your doctor if it is not improving. keep the child in cool atmosphere d

Answer

Hello dear parent! Give sips of ORS . Paracetamol drops should reduce fever. Keep Babyhug medicine spoon handy in such situations. Consult your child’s doctor for evaluation and seek advice. Good luck and take care