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Child's Finger Nails Fallen Off, Throwing Up, Fever. Prescribed Tylenol. Diagnosis?
my grandsons finger nails on one hand has fallen off their just peeling off there is just a rough coat and hes throwing up and he has no energy and he runs a fever off an on i took him to the er and they kept him for a day and a half and with no diagnosis and let him go and to take tylenol and motrin and they didnt wasnt to traumatize him by taking blood test and im not comfortable with his condition whats wrong with him
Fri, 8 Mar 2013
Hi,
The finger nails peeling off could be because of various reasons like change in the climate,nutritional deficiency,some medications which he was on , sometimes post viral infection like in hand Foot mouth disease
and fungal infection of the nails.
At present vomiting and fever could be just a viral infection and the finger nails have nothing to do with the present illness.He needs to continue with the medication and if not better in a couple of days then evaluation by his docter.Get his finger nails issue be assessed by a dermatologist.
Bye
Take Care
The finger nails peeling off could be because of various reasons like change in the climate,nutritional deficiency,some medications which he was on , sometimes post viral infection like in hand Foot mouth disease
and fungal infection of the nails.
At present vomiting and fever could be just a viral infection and the finger nails have nothing to do with the present illness.He needs to continue with the medication and if not better in a couple of days then evaluation by his docter.Get his finger nails issue be assessed by a dermatologist.
Bye
Take Care
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