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Tepid Sponging For Baby

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Dr. Naveen Kumar MD

been tepid sponging him. He having strange thoughts and is saying weird things. What should i do if his ...My son ( 14) has been given amoxcillin 250mg for a throat infection and still has a temp of... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Naveen Kumar ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Diptanshu Das MD

hrs and if fever above 102f, then meftal-p , 5 ml every 6hrs. We continued for 3 days, fever come and goes during intervals of 4- 6 hrs. Yesterday his fever went up to 104.5f and we did tepid sponging... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Diptanshu Das ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Diptanshu Das MD

calpol 5ml at 7.30 pm and 2.5 ml at 10.30 pm. Did sponging too. The fever came down only after sponging. But again the fever is 101.3 at 1.10 am. Not ready for like warm water sponging again.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Diptanshu Das ( Pediatrician)
Dr.    Mohammed Taher Ali MD

and so we were sponging him. At 12am fever reached 103 and we gave him Meftal P and still continued the sponging but fever did not drop. It is now 1:45 am and the fever is still at 102.8. Should we give ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mohammed Taher Ali ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Pradeep Kumar MD

Four year old has very dark circles under his eyes. Grandchild had stomach upset for 24 hours, couldn't hold anything down. Parents gave him Tylenol and tepid baths. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pradeep Kumar ( Pediatrician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr.      Svetlana Shrivastva MD

Hi doctors, can you tell me what is the proper sponging for children with high fever, I know tepid sponging all over the body and cold compress over the forehead, how about the idea of giving... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Svetlana Shrivastva ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani MD

my 9 month old daugther is teething and has fever. we are visiting people on a farm and the only antipyretic i have available is mefenamic acid capsules (250mg). we have tried tepid water sponging etc. can i ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumanth Amperayani ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  Sohil Takodara MD

PCM syrup. I gave him tepid sponging and by 11 pm repeated the dose. But after every 3 hour, fever ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sohil Takodara ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Y V Siva Sankara Murty MD

about 11 am. Now he is fine his fever is in control, but due to tepid sponging he has got severe cold and cough. Few of my friend are suggesting me to do EEG test for my son to know the reason... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Y V Siva Sankara Murty ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

Hi Doctor, My baby is 1 year old and is having fever 101- 102, with crocin drops / combiflam syrup it comes down but with few hours it rises .. Body sponging has been done. The fever prevailed for ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)