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Suggest Treatment For Mouth Ulcer In A Child
Question: Hello. I wanted yo ask something about my 3 old year girs. From two days she has some influence signs and today she had a body temperature at about 37.3 centigrade. Now she shows me her mouth telling that inside her bottom lip she felt pain. When I saw, I noticed some little pipmles that looked like mouth ulcer. Since she is going to kindergarten I thins that she encauntered some virus. Do you think I should treat her with some medicine? Thank you
Brief Answer:
Looks like viral illness - treat symptomatically
Detailed Answer:
Hi...I have seen the image. Usually temperature like this and oral ulcers is suggestive of viral illness. Treat symptomatically with oral Paracetamol alone.
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.
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
Looks like viral illness - treat symptomatically
Detailed Answer:
Hi...I have seen the image. Usually temperature like this and oral ulcers is suggestive of viral illness. Treat symptomatically with oral Paracetamol alone.
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.
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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