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How Can Nausea In A Child Be Treated?

My 10 years old son had running congested nose with sneezing, no fever , for couple of days then started to feel nausea only no vomiting . when one doctor examined him, he had bit of tender epigastric area. Doctor prescribed proton pump inhibitor for 5 days to treat gastritis Nausea is better but not totally resolved. Any advice what to do
Mon, 23 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

I feel that your kid is recovering from viral illness and these non specific symptoms can persist for as long as 14 days.

No need to medicate for each symptom please.

I will explain you how a viral illness behaves so that you can be more confident.

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.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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How Can Nausea In A Child Be Treated?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. I feel that your kid is recovering from viral illness and these non specific symptoms can persist for as long as 14 days. No need to medicate for each symptom please. I will explain you how a viral illness behaves so that you can be more confident. 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. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.