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Having Fever. Prescribed Novamox. Another Doctor Precribed Chloramphenicol Palmitate. Scared To Give Due To Side Effects?
hello,my son is 4years old.he is aving fever since last 11days.temp is not very ig but rises if i dont give him crocin or meftal sometimes when fevr is high.e as also dev swelling in te lymph (in the thhroat).paed has advised novamox250 (5ml) trice a day for 10days.e is eating when is not aving fever.but hhis cond is not showing muc improvemnt.will it take time.today i showed im to anter paed but e priscribed chloramphhenicol palmitate which i m really scared to give im as i know its sideeffects.i really dont know wat to do.
Sat, 29 Jun 2013
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If there is fever for 11 days your kid needs to be investigated for the fever after physical examination. Does your kid have any sore throat, cough, burning urination, frequency of urination etc?
Investigations like CBC, peripheral smear for malarial parasite, urine routine, urine culture and sensitivity, widal, etc may be ordered by your paediatrician. Depending on those reports further action has to be taken.
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Take care.
Thanks for writing to health care magic.
If there is fever for 11 days your kid needs to be investigated for the fever after physical examination. Does your kid have any sore throat, cough, burning urination, frequency of urination etc?
Investigations like CBC, peripheral smear for malarial parasite, urine routine, urine culture and sensitivity, widal, etc may be ordered by your paediatrician. Depending on those reports further action has to be taken.
Continue to ask further queries as required.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
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You are correct in NOT giving your child chloramphenicol, which is not even used in the US anymore. While an excellent antibiotic it can cause a fatal reaction in the bone marrow like leukemia and lead to death. A better choice would be one of the cephalosporin medications such as cefdenir, cefixime, etc.
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