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My son woke up with high grade fever in the morning . Gave him crocin ds but it is taking very long for fever to come down. After siz hours again he had fever repeated medicine and now again high grade fever. Not coming down even after one hour of dose of crocin
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Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children2 years 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 .
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 rfemedy to degfcrease fever.
Adequate fluid intake is also beneficial.
Urine output mofnitoring is necessary to avoid dehydration .
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