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Child. On And Off Fever With Shivering. On Antibiotic Augmentin And Mefthal. Detected Febrile. Suggest
my baby - 2.2year old is having fever from last Wednesday. At clinic they mentioned it is febroil, we are giving antibiotic agmentin 5ml morning and evening, Mefthol 5ml each 6hrs once but till day fever is not come down, like we feel he is not having fever for almost 24 hrs with medicine but in 5-10 min he will start shivering and immediately temperature raises to 102 deg please suggest what to do.
hi, thanks for your querry on HCM fever not responding to antibiotic and antipyretic , that too with shivering, it is always better to exclude malaria and urinary tract infection you may try paracetamol 15mg/kg body wt every 6 hours along with alkaline citrate 2.5ml diluted in water 2 times daily you may try chloroquine syrup emperically with the advice of your doctor, but better consult a pediatrician hope this answers your question take care Dr MV Subrahmanyam MD;DCH
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Child. On And Off Fever With Shivering. On Antibiotic Augmentin And Mefthal. Detected Febrile. Suggest
hi, thanks for your querry on HCM fever not responding to antibiotic and antipyretic , that too with shivering, it is always better to exclude malaria and urinary tract infection you may try paracetamol 15mg/kg body wt every 6 hours along with alkaline citrate 2.5ml diluted in water 2 times daily you may try chloroquine syrup emperically with the advice of your doctor, but better consult a pediatrician hope this answers your question take care Dr MV Subrahmanyam MD;DCH