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Question: My grandson has the symptoms of a moderate fever, fatigue and headache every 4 - 6 weeks. He's been to the family doctor who isn't concerned because the symptoms go away after approximately 3 days. We've requested a blood test and it's come back as "normal".
Not sure what to pursue next.
Not sure what to pursue next.
Brief Answer:
Looks like viral illness which is recurrent
Detailed Answer:
Hi.... by what you quote I feel that your grand child is having recurrent viral illness. I will suggest you how are viral illness behaves so that you can be more confident about him.
Fever of few 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 the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness 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.
Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Looks like viral illness which is recurrent
Detailed Answer:
Hi.... by what you quote I feel that your grand child is having recurrent viral illness. I will suggest you how are viral illness behaves so that you can be more confident about him.
Fever of few 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 the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness 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.
Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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