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What Could Cause Sudden Occurrence Of Fever And Headache?

My son has chigger bites and they are starting to heal but yesterday after school he was outside playing and all of a sudden he had a head ache and a fever. His fever has been no stop sence yesterday afternoon and the over the cover meds breaks it for about 2 hours and he hit 102 with in mins. What do i need to do?
Mon, 5 Oct 2015
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Hi.... by what you Quote I feel that your son has got viral fever. Usually viral fever will be very high grade on the first two to three days at the same time when the fever comes down the child will be very active and playful.

Unless there is rash all over the body or seizures or respiratory distress or low urine output you need not worry about high fever.

But sometimes chigger bites can cause rickettsial fever for this sake I suggest you consult your pediatrician.

As of now you can administer Paracetamol at the appropriate dose every 4 or 6th Hourly that too only if the fever is above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Could Cause Sudden Occurrence Of Fever And Headache?

Hi.... by what you Quote I feel that your son has got viral fever. Usually viral fever will be very high grade on the first two to three days at the same time when the fever comes down the child will be very active and playful. Unless there is rash all over the body or seizures or respiratory distress or low urine output you need not worry about high fever. But sometimes chigger bites can cause rickettsial fever for this sake I suggest you consult your pediatrician. As of now you can administer Paracetamol at the appropriate dose every 4 or 6th Hourly that too only if the fever is above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Regards - Dr. Sumanth