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Mom of a 3 yr 11 m old boy1 Year ago

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my son is suffering from light fever from 3 days.. i gave paracetamol 120 mg 3 times per day...he is active...i gave the medicine for 3 days...still the temperature is little high what can i do now

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Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children1 Year ago

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 given as home remedy to decrtrrease fever. Adequate fluid intake is also beneficial. Urine output monitoring is necessary to avoid dehydration .

RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl1 Year ago

A. Do cold sponging that is going to help and also the fever is meant to give every six hours not only three times in the day stated after 72 hours you see the fever hasn’t subsided or the temperature still increasing then in that case it’s better to go ahead with further testing with your doctor

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