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Can We Go For Swimming After A Fever?
My son has had a fever for 5 day, went to doctor twice, it was virus/cold. The last 3 days the fever isn't higher than 101 giving medicine about every 10-11 hours when fever returns. Minor cough but nothing else. Playing, eating good, can he go swimming if the fever is gone at the time we swim.
Thu, 29 May 2014
hi there thanks for asking this on HCM, fever is a protective mechanism by the body to fight against infections in the body. the fever he has now is due to the viral infection. if you are going for swimming there are chances for him to acquire any bacterial infection so my advice is you can wait for 2 or 3 days till he gets cured completely.
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