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Cold and fever since 1 day
My daughter is 2.8 years old suffering from raised body temperature varying between 99-99.5 F along with running nose . All her routine activities like playing ,appetite etc are normal . I have given her meftal -p syrup 5ml and saline nasal drops .
Kindly suggest any of treatment/investigations .,if necessary .
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Give paracetamol if temp is more than 99.4F....
Give cetirizine syp..
Give plenty of liquid orally
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wait for 2 days...
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Dr. S. T. Pushpam
Pediatrician
16 yrs exp
Bangalore
Give paracetamol for temperature more than 99.4 deg F. Plenty of warm liquids. Meftal-f Syr is for high temperature more than 101 deg F
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Give cetzine Syr for cold
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Dr. Anurag Mohta
Pediatrician
11 yrs exp
Indore
Rather than using meftal-p, give paracetamol only preparation if fever touching 99.5f max 4 times a day.
Continue with saline drops as needed.
Follow up with Pediatrician if symptoms persist.
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Dr. Sai Praneetha
Pediatrician
11 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Probably viral fever
U can continue paracetamol syrup 6 hourly
Syp maxtra 2.5 ml twice daily for two days
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if any contact with covid positive person kindly get the test done
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