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What Causes Lack Of Appetite And Drowsiness After Recovering From Viral Fever?

Hi. My daughter is 2.5 years old. She had a fever with cold 15 days back. She recovered after a week or so by taking Crocin and Timnic .After 2-3 days ,she again had a viral fever .On prescription of Doctor we had given her Flexon (5 ml) and Astymin C (0.5 ml).After a week or so ,she recovered but she is not interested to eat anything .So doctor advised us to give her Juinor lanzol and Longifene along with Flexon (5 ml) and Astymin C (0.5 ml) .I also noticed that after viral she is spending most of her time in sleeping only .Earlier she use to sleep for around 9 hours but now is sleeping for almost 15 hours a day. Even she lost couple of kgs during viral ,she is already a underweight child by birth . I am bit worried, please suggest me what should I do.



Wed, 27 Aug 2014
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Hello.

Thank you for asking at HCM.

I went through your daughter's history and can understand your concern.

I would like to make following suggestions to you for her:

1. Both T-minic and Longifene contain antihistamines which cause sedation and drowsiness as side effects.

So I would suggest you to contact your doctor and inform him/her about sedation.

2. Viral infections can reduce appetite. Return of appetite is usually a sign of recovery. Both viral infections and medicines themselves can be cause of poor appetite.

Were I treating her, I would use Flexon/Crocin only when she has fever and not regularly, to minimize the medications. I would suggest you to discuss about this with her doctor.

3. Until recovery, please allow her adequate rest and give her plenty of liquids. Please do not force her for foods.

Hope above suggestions will be helpful to you.

Should you have any other concern, please feel free to ask at HCM.

Wish your daughter the best of the health and a very good recovery.

Thank you & Regards.
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What Causes Lack Of Appetite And Drowsiness After Recovering From Viral Fever?

Hello. Thank you for asking at HCM. I went through your daughter s history and can understand your concern. I would like to make following suggestions to you for her: 1. Both T-minic and Longifene contain antihistamines which cause sedation and drowsiness as side effects. So I would suggest you to contact your doctor and inform him/her about sedation. 2. Viral infections can reduce appetite. Return of appetite is usually a sign of recovery. Both viral infections and medicines themselves can be cause of poor appetite. Were I treating her, I would use Flexon/Crocin only when she has fever and not regularly, to minimize the medications. I would suggest you to discuss about this with her doctor. 3. Until recovery, please allow her adequate rest and give her plenty of liquids. Please do not force her for foods. Hope above suggestions will be helpful to you. Should you have any other concern, please feel free to ask at HCM. Wish your daughter the best of the health and a very good recovery. Thank you & Regards.