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Child Had Fever. Fainted. Nauseous, Vomitting. Prescribed Antibiotic. What Could It Be Due To?

Hello i am from malaysia. would like to ask about my 8 years old daughter that have fainted yesterday at about 5.30 pm but she remembers everything. she is having a mild fever before that incident. after she recovered in about few second she started felling nausea and vomit . took her to see the doctor and she had some infection going on. the doc refered her to a hospiltal. before sending her to the hospital again she (about 3 hours after the first attack) she started to feel nausea again and had stomach pain. and she started looking pale. the breathing was ok, the blood preassure was ok. took her to the hospital the doc prescribe antibiotic, some medicine to prevent vomitting and gastric medication (liquid) and also paracetamol . what could be wrong? the doc said it was some kind of food poisoning or some infection.
Fri, 22 Mar 2013
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Hi,
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From the description the most probable cause of fainting may be that your kid is having some fluid electrolyte imbalance because of not taking adequate diet and fluid ,the pain aggravate the condition and postural hypotension may lead to fainting attacks .
the kid is to be examined and detailed history to be taken to reach a diagnosis and proper treatment .
any severe pain may lead to fainting attack .
please follow the advice of doctor .
hope your daughter be alright soon .
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Child Had Fever. Fainted. Nauseous, Vomitting. Prescribed Antibiotic. What Could It Be Due To?

Hi, Welcome to healthcaremagic. From the description the most probable cause of fainting may be that your kid is having some fluid electrolyte imbalance because of not taking adequate diet and fluid ,the pain aggravate the condition and postural hypotension may lead to fainting attacks . the kid is to be examined and detailed history to be taken to reach a diagnosis and proper treatment . any severe pain may lead to fainting attack . please follow the advice of doctor . hope your daughter be alright soon .