my son is 1year and 15 days old,he is suffering from fever from yesterday,fever was 100f, doctoral advised give paracetamol every 6 hours once I have to give paracetamol for .i maintained it for one day,today is 2nd day.... now body temperature is 95.8 from night it is constant ,can i give him paracetamol as doctoral advised to give after every 6 hours once,what precautions i have to give him

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 .other medicine like mefenamic acid ibuprofen can also be given . Lukewyarm sponge bath can be given as home remedy to decrease fever. Adequate fluid intake yis also beneficial. Urine output monitoring is necessary to avoid dehydration .