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What Causes Frequent Headaches And Fever In A Child?
5 year old with fever and headache, has headache frequently it seems over the last several months. has history asthma and pneumonia. fever 102. Tylenol given 4 hrs later ibuprofen due to temp still being 100 im concerned about menningitus or something more serious
Wed, 28 Jan 2015
HI,
I understand your concern.
Your baby has frequent fever with head ache . He also has history of pneumonia/ asthma, you are worried about possibility of meningitis.
- Meningitis shows 5 typical signs-High grade fever, vomiting, severe headache, neck stiffness, irritability, Photophobia.--
* If you find all these symptoms ( Specially head ache, neck stiffness, irritability along with fever)- the child should be taken to ER.
* In case of asthma /pneumonia- also bacterial infection,along with breathlessness / sinusitis can give rise to head ache & fever,
* the child should in any case be taken to a children specialist, get physically examined, investigated ( sputum culture)& give proper antibiotic
in full course to cure the infection & then continue preventive medicines for asthma.
Thanks
I understand your concern.
Your baby has frequent fever with head ache . He also has history of pneumonia/ asthma, you are worried about possibility of meningitis.
- Meningitis shows 5 typical signs-High grade fever, vomiting, severe headache, neck stiffness, irritability, Photophobia.--
* If you find all these symptoms ( Specially head ache, neck stiffness, irritability along with fever)- the child should be taken to ER.
* In case of asthma /pneumonia- also bacterial infection,along with breathlessness / sinusitis can give rise to head ache & fever,
* the child should in any case be taken to a children specialist, get physically examined, investigated ( sputum culture)& give proper antibiotic
in full course to cure the infection & then continue preventive medicines for asthma.
Thanks
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