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Baby having diarrhea and fever. Plz help
My 10 month old daughter was having diarrhea and a mild fever. She was prescribed cefaclor antibiotic and econorm for diarrhea. She recovered well but after a week she again has fever of 101 and mild diarrhea. Should I repeat the antibiotics? No other symptom. She is a healthy and active baby.
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Never give antibiotics on your own or repeat unless prescribed by an expert . Never repeat the old prescription on your own although you feel that symptoms are similar . There are many fevers which remit & relapse so do take expert opinion please . On your own you can take care of dehydration by giving oral electrolyte solution as dehydration resulting from diarrhea can also cause fever . Ensure that baby is passing urine . Yes don’t let the temperature rise more by hydrotherapy followed by paracetamol with food as some children may develop febrile convulsions. Do all this first aid yourself till you meet the doctor
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Adviced to get blood,stool and urine test to rule out bacterial infection
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meanwhile continue econorm and paracetamol
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Dr. Anupama M Gupta
Pediatrician
14 yrs exp
Mumbai
Keep giving calpol and econorm. If high fever persists get cbc, crp, stool test.
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monitor urine output, blood in stool, good oral intake of fluids
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visit a doctor if fever persists
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Dr. Kalyanashish Das
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26 yrs exp
Delhi
No, first you should go for stool test and blood test CBC and CRP.You can continue with econorm and antipyretic like paracetamol .
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