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Measles with high fever
Hi , my son is five years old and he is suffering from high fever since Saturday evening . my daughter who is 7 and half years was diagnosed with measles 10 days ago. So it is similar to the symptoms that she had .He is suffering from running nose sneezing coughing with constant fever more than 101 . I have been giving him calpol 200 for fever but it only gives relief for some time or sometimes doesn't even seem to work. Please help.
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Dr. Akshay Kapoor
Pediatrician
14 yrs exp
Delhi
Giving paracetamol is the wise thing to do
As he has been exposed to infection he might develop measles, however there is nothing you can do about that in the present circumstances
Hope that the immunisation works
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