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What Causes Fever And Stomach Pain In A 6 Year Old Child?

Posted on Tue, 24 May 2016

Question: my daughter is having fever since 5 days now. I give Crocin DS whenever fever crosses 102Â°F . every 5-6 hours it repeats. she complaints about stomach pain as well. she is 6 years old. please advise.

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (11 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please take her to a doctor. The fiver lasts too long.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

As she has fever for 5 days, viral infection is rather not the case. As there is also a stomach pain, urinary tract bacterial infection is possible.
Her lungs should be also checked for possible infection.
In general, its not a good idea to just stay at home and fight with fever. You should rather take her to a doctor for examination and basic tests. Antibiotic treatment seems necessary. Before that, urine analysis, blood work should be done for sure.

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (14 minutes later)

I took her to doctor. he said everything seems to be fine. he told to get blood test done. we will get it done tomorrow. i will upload the test result tomorrow. he prescribed augmentin , which she started taking it today.

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (26 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Augmentin is a good choice.

Detailed Answer:
Augmentin is fine. Just please note that when you take an antibiotic and check blood work after that, it can be false negative. Same with urine. So it is better to check it before antibiotic is started.
As it is already started, urine should be checked if there will be no improvement.

I`m looking forward to hearing from you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (14 hours later)

please find the blood test report

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
This tests do not give any additional information.

Detailed Answer:
The reports do confirm that there is some inflammation. We already know it as she has a fever. So the tests do not give any additional information.
In my opinion, as she is on antibiotic right now, you need to wait and see. She should be better right now. Fever should be lower or not present.
If she is still not better, urine analysis, lungs auscultation and abdominal ultrasound seem advisable.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (37 minutes later)

today she did not get any fever. antibiotics is prescribed for 7 days. should we need to get any other test done to fully diagnose this??

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Just wait and see.

Detailed Answer:
As she has already started antibiotics, the source of infection can not be diagnosed at this point. Most likely she will recover without any problems.
Further tests are necessary if the situation will reappear after she finish the antibiotic. But not right now.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (2 minutes later)

Thanks for your response. Really appreciate it.

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (31 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You are welcome.

Detailed Answer:
You are welcome.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar