What Causes Headaches And Fluctuating Body Temperature?

Posted on Fri, 9 Jan 2015

Question: Hi my 4 year old daughter has had very bad headache since about 4 pm today I managed to get her to have about 5mls of Panadol at about 6, her temp keeps going up and down, headache came on all of a sudden and she doesn't seem to be getting any better, should I take her to the hospital or see how she goes... Thanks XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (9 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Medicines are fine, take her to hospital.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone through the details and understand your concerns.

The cause of headache with fever needs to be evaluated. Depending on the geographical disposition and endemicity of malaria, she needs to be evaluated for the possible cause of falciparum malaria.

Furthermore, if she has a cold or nose block, it could be due to obstruction of the nasal sinuses due to a viral infection which manifests as common cold.

You have given the right medicines and are doing a good job in taking her to a hospital. The doctor would be able to examine the child and intervene accordingly.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (24 minutes later)

Ok thank you

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Glad to be of service

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back. I am glad that you found my answer helpful. In that case I would request you to close the thread with a positive review and a 5 star rating.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Ashwin Bhandari