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My baby is suffering from fever.
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My baby girl(Age-1.3 Year, Weight- 8.8kg.) suffering from fever from yesterday. I am giving her paracetamol syrup & antibiotics syrup (monosef). When I gave her first dose then fever got down & normalized, just after 4 hours again fever raised. Now it's 102° . No any other symptoms are there except fever. She was fine from morning till noon and suddenly she started feeling bad. Could you please suggest, why fever is not getting down. However, I will meet good doctor today. (It's night when I am writing)
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Any fever even viral fever will last for 3-4 days. Don't give antibiotics just for fever because next time same antibiotic won't act. WHO and government is making policies to decrease antibiotic use. Even doctors have to think twice before giving antibiotics. Paracetamol is good enough. Look for danger signs as told above.
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Hi,
You can give one more dose of paracetamol.
Along with syrup paracetamol, do tepid sponging with cloth and water. This will help to bring down the fever temporarily till you visit a doctor tomorrow morning.
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Danger signs to look for are - drowsiness, lethargy, poor acceptance of feeds- If any of the above are present, please visit any emergency facility immediatly.
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Dr. S. T. Pushpam
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16 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi,
Give paracetamol 4- 6 hrly for fever. Normal diet and plenty of liquids/water.
Fever will take 3-4 days to settle.
Never take antibiotics without consulting doctor.
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