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What Causes Recurring Fever To A 3 Year Old?

my son is 3 has a fever of 102.3 on the second day. First day it was 101. He is taking motrin and it takes his temp. down, But he is complaining of a sore stomach. He also had a fever 3 weeks ago in which he was put on antibiotics for strep that.Why does he keep getting fevers.
Fri, 23 May 2014
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Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic. Fever of 2 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 she is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably 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. You can treat fever with Paracetamol at 15mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly if fever is > 100F. It is very usual for kids of this age to get recurrent viral infection. Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,
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What Causes Recurring Fever To A 3 Year Old?

Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic. Fever of 2 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 she is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably 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. You can treat fever with Paracetamol at 15mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly if fever is 100F. It is very usual for kids of this age to get recurrent viral infection. Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health. Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,