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May be it could be viral infection?
I hav a baby girl of one year .. she is suffering in high fever frm last three days I consulted with doc he prescribed the antibiotics and fever reducer .. antibiotics isn’t working , and fever reducer only reduce the fever to 99 F just for 3 to 4 hours after that fever continually increasing to 103 F what shoul i do now plz tell me ?
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Dr. Bipin Ninan Abraham
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7 yrs exp
Bangalore
103*F is a high temperature for which I would advise you to meet a pediatrician so that she can be examined and undergo investigations such as CBC, etc. to find the underlying problems and have it treated accordingly. You should do tepid sponging regularly to keep the fever under control.
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