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Kid having fever of 103.6
Fever is not dropping after taking 5 ml of paracetamol 250mg..the temperature is around 103.5 or 103.6
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Dr. Venkatesh Badugu
Pediatrician
9 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Usually paracetamol dosage is like 15mg per kg but you didn't mention the weight of your kid
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Dr. Nikitha Sowmya
Pediatrician
7 yrs exp
Bangalore
Weight of the child is required for accurate calculation of dose.
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Until that try tepid sponging to get the temperature down
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Dr. Jyothi
Pediatrician
2 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Kindly consult online as weight is required
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Tepid sponging
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Dr. Alpana Meena
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Sawai Madhopur
U didn’t not told about age and weight of child, do tepid sponging, and give acc 15 mg/kg , if fever not getting down then consider to go hospital and iv inj
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