Suggest Treatment For Fever When Diagnosed With Mesenteric Lymphadenitis

Posted on Wed, 15 Jun 2016

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Wed, 15 Jun 2016 Answered on

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Question : Sir
My 6 yr old son digonsed with rif mensentric lymphodentic pain pls suggest hat to do precaution for future
He has fever from last 7 days,doc prescibed calpol 250 mg syrup plus cexfime 200 mg tablet each
Pls advise

Answered by Dr. Rishi (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
The treatment is correct. Do not worry.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Please do not worry. The treatment is on the right lines. Mesenteric Lymphadenitis is very common in children in this age group. You just need to ensure that he has a healthy diet which is clean. lots of fluids but ensure the cleanliness of the food and water.
This will settle down soon in a few days to two weeks. Many organisms lead to such infections and among the common ones are Yersinia enterocolitica.
Just continue the medicines for a week and stop. He should be fine with them.
Take care and do let me know if there are any queries in this issue.
Dr Rishi, New XXXXXXX XXXXXXX

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