sir MY GIRL BABY 3 YEARS 4 MONTHS SHI IS SUFFERING FEVER, WHY PLZ SUGGEST ME

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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 .
Lukewarm sponge bath can be giiven as home remedy to decrease fever. 
Adequatef fluid intake is also beneficial. 
Urine output monitoring is necessary to avoid dehydration .

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Hi You can give paracetamol to the child as of now if the fever is higher and the reason why could probably be seasonal change because suddenly it has become hot in lot of places so that would be the reason as that’s what I can think of that is the most common reason for fever or a lot of times you do some infection also that can I