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High fever
My daughter age is 8 years, she is having fever -101 and having some cough , I gave her paracetamol 6 mg fever came down but only for 2-3 hours . I also gave the cefixime 5 ml of (from old prescription of doctor) as well as ascoril plus. Can anyone suggest me further? Weight 22 kg,
Age 8 and from last 2 days I started the above medicines.
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Hi. This looks like a viral fever. It will take minimum 3-5 days at least to settle.
Please give her dolo 650 half tablet every 6 hours.
Stop the cefixime syrup. It’s not needed.
You can give cetzine syrup 5ml at night
Stop the ascoril syrup
Viral fever will take at least 3 days to come down. So please be patient and give the treatment until then
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Continue the treatment mentioned above
Danger signs to watch out for:
If fever persists beyond 3 days or child is sleeping too much or child is very drowsy or activity has reduced or she is refusing to eat or appears disoriented please take her immediately to nearby hospital
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Antibiotic dosage seems inappropriate. Also it looks like antibiotics may not be needed, my suggestion will be to have a detailed discussion over a consultation. Other associated findings like oral acceptance, alertness, bowel bladder habits are needed before an opinion can be given.
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