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Can The Following Antibiotic Medicines Cause Pain In Legs And Rashes In Ears?
my 5yrs old daughter had recurrent fever for the past one week .previously she had viral cough and cold we gave her tminic plus cold cough gone but fever returned after 2-3 days with vomiting.Doctor diagnosed gastritis cefixime syp x 5days meftagessic ds x 2 days after the antibiotic course she is complaining pain in both legs and fever is still there of and on. today she developed some rashes just behind her both ears. kindly advise doctor wht went wrong and wht is happening to her
Hi...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.
Meftagesic DS contains Mefenamic acid which is a NSAID. It carries the risk of gastritis and renal problems in the long run. Please do not use Meftagesic DS.
Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children. For cold you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Can The Following Antibiotic Medicines Cause Pain In Legs And Rashes In Ears?
Hi...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. Meftagesic DS contains Mefenamic acid which is a NSAID. It carries the risk of gastritis and renal problems in the long run. Please do not use Meftagesic DS. Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in children. For cold you can use anti-allergics like cetirizine and for nose block, saline nasal decongestants will do. Regards - Dr. Sumanth