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Should I Take My Son To The Doctor Suffering From Flu Like Symptoms When On Ibuprophen?

My boy is 13 years old. Two days ago she started to get flu like symptoms. He had a 102 fever, headache, weakness, etc. I took him to the doctor last night and she said he did not have a strep throat. He did not get any medicine. I have been giving him Ibuprophen and Robutussin. He has been drinking lots of water and juice. He has not eaten hardly anything today. He says that he feels like he's upside down and that something is pulling him down. Should I take him in again to the doctor to be seen?
Mon, 27 Jan 2014
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Thanks for writing to HCM.

Yes you should visit your doctor again. And ask her if your son needs to be started on an antibiotic as he is not improving much. Also request her to prescribe a ppi for the stomach pain, as he is developing gastritis.

Dr. Ashish Verma
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Should I Take My Son To The Doctor Suffering From Flu Like Symptoms When On Ibuprophen?

Hi, Thanks for writing to HCM. Yes you should visit your doctor again. And ask her if your son needs to be started on an antibiotic as he is not improving much. Also request her to prescribe a ppi for the stomach pain, as he is developing gastritis. Dr. Ashish Verma