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today my 8 month baby is been vaccinated her 1 1/2 month vaccine she is having fever from evening 6 o'clock she had 99.9 fever I had given sumoL Ds but now still she is having 100.2 fever what to do please suggest medicine
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Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children3 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 repeatehud after 4-6 hrs if needed .
Lukewarm sponge bath can be given as homfe remedy to decrease fever.
Adequate fluid intake is also beneficial.
Urine output monitoring is necessary to avoid dehydration .
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RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl3 years agoA. U Can give one ML of Calpol to the child but you have to maintain a gap of six hours in between two dosages you can repeat it after six hours again and it for the timing if you want you can start doing cold sponging on the forehead of the
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