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Fever for 4 days and head over heat
My son had fever for last 4 days and we met pediatrician he prescribed combiflam and dry syrup. His temperature is normal once we give that medicine else it's increasing like 99.1, 99.5, 100.2. Even temperature shows normal his head is too hot rest of the body is cool and chest, soul of foot, palm are little hot.
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Sponge alover body for 30 minutes if temp >101
Plenty of fluids
Frequent & small feeds
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Monitor temp
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Avoid bottle feeding or thumb sucking
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Go for routine blood sample like CBC,MP and WIDAL testing.
Give drugs as advised by pediatrician
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consult online for detailed discussion
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Hi, Dr Sreepriya here, paediatrician
Just make sure that you are giving appropriate dose of medications
according to weight of child
Your child's weight is not mentioned in the queri
Normally if fever is persisting more than 48 hours, you need to review with paediatrician
may need to do blood investigations if fever is persisting
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