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What Are The Frequent Headaches And Fever In A Child?

Hello, I have a five year old twin daughter who s been having frequent headaches and fever for the past 3-4 months. Not an everyday thing but maybe once a week or once every two weeks, fevers are typically 100.5 to 103.5. She s 45.5 inches tall and about 47 lbs.
Mon, 27 Feb 2017
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Hi.... by what you say I feel that your child might be suffering from recurrent viral illness. To make you feel more confident I will explain you how a viral illness behaves so that you can be rest assured.

Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. 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 and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Are The Frequent Headaches And Fever In A Child?

Hi.... by what you say I feel that your child might be suffering from recurrent viral illness. To make you feel more confident I will explain you how a viral illness behaves so that you can be rest assured. Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. 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 and it doesn t require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active. Regards - Dr. Sumanth