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How To Treat Sore Arm And Leg In A 3 Years Old Child?
My 3 yr old has a temp of 39.6 degrees, he is claiming he has sore arms and legs and he is lethargic. I have been giving him Nurofen every 6 hrs for the last 2 days and 1/2 an hr after he has the nurofen his temp drops but then it goes back up. What do i do?? take him to hospital?
Hi...what you quote I feel that the kid is having viral illness with myositis or inflammation of muscles. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active.
Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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How To Treat Sore Arm And Leg In A 3 Years Old Child?
Hi...what you quote I feel that the kid is having viral illness with myositis or inflammation of muscles. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. Regards - Dr. Sumanth