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Fever not reducing
My 6 year old daughter's fever is not reducing after taking paracetamol (p-250) and antibiotic( taxim o forte) which was prescribed by the doctor. We already visited a general physician. Last highest temp is 103.3 f. I gave her a p250 10 ml.. slightly better. But after 5 hours again the temp was shooting up... What to do..
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It’s alarming considering high grade fever - not responding to medication
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From how many days is she having fever ?
What other symptoms are there
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
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5 yrs exp
Rajkot
Do sponging,blood report
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Dr. Venkatesh Badugu
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9 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Most of the fevers are viral fever they stay for 3-4 days and go away
And you said you are using antibiotic also
So your giving correct medicines only so kindly wait 2 more days
Even after 2 days if fever not coming down the. Do blood tests like CBP, CRO
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