my son has had a fever since yesterday and we prescribed the doctor and today his fever is not going down even after giving him ibutop and meftal p. not sure what to do.

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He is getting fever within 4hours after giving him medicine. even though we use lukewarm water on his forehead the temperature stays above 101.

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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 .
Lukewarxdm 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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You can do cold sponging that really helps a lot in reducing down the temperature and apart from that medicine should continue because fever can subside within maximum 72 hours so wait till that much of a time yet if you see it is not subside then you can recheck with your doctor

my son has had a fever since yesterday and we prescribed the doctor and today his fever is not going down even after giving him ibutop and meftal p. not sure what to do.

A. He is getting fever within 4hours after giving him medicine. even though we use lukewarm water on his forehead the temperature stays above 101.

A. You can do cold sponging that really helps a lot in reducing down the temperature and apart from that medicine should continue because fever can subside within maximum 72 hours so wait till that much of a time yet if you see it is not subside then you can recheck with your doctor