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Suggest Treatment For Fever In An Infant

Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2014

Question: My son is 15 months old and he has fever from yesterday morning that is sunday morning. We gave first crocin ds syrup 2 times but temperature persists after some time, we measured temperature in evening that was 103.6 F, we gave meflan P then. In monday morning temperature reduced to 102 F, gave him again meflan. Now temperature is 100.3 F should we continue to give him meflan, please suggest

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (28 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Viral illness

Detailed Answer:
Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic.

Meftal-P is an NSAID and contains Mefenamic acid, which is not recommended in children. It may cause drug induced gastritis and also renal problems on the long run. Please stop Meftal-P and never use it hereafter in children.

Fever of 2 days without any localizing signs could as well be 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 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. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever as usually most combination medicines combine Paracetamol with NSAIDs and is not advisable.

I am again reiterating one fact -
Meftal-P is an NSAID and contains Mefenamic acid, which is not recommended in children. It may cause drug induced gastritis and also renal problems on the long run. Please stop Meftal-P and never use it hereafter in children.

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).,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (23 minutes later)

Thank you sir, Meflan P is suggested by regular doctor that is he suggested that if fever is very high more than 102 F then give Meflan P otherwise give crocin ds or fever go. Please suggest should I stop meflan

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (47 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Stop Meflan P

Detailed Answer:
Hi...Thanks for your trust in me.

Please stop Meflan-P and it is the same as Meftal-P. It contains Mefenamic acid which is an NSAID. It will do more harm to the kid than good.

Fever is not going to harm the kid, but unnecessary medicines will definitely do harm.

You can treat fever with Paracetamol at 15mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly if fever is > 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever as usually most combination medicines combine Paracetamol with NSAIDs and is not advisable.

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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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad