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Should Antibiotics Be Taken For Fever In Children?

Dear Doctor, My grandson was home with fevor for l week. We took him to his doctor the second time around that his fevor was still persistent, yet they did not prescrive an antibiotic. After 7 days of our 8 year old being in the house the fevor broke, would it have been different if he took an antibiotic?
Fri, 11 Aug 2017
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Ayurveda Specialist,  's  Response
Hello
Its very good that the doctor did not use any antibiotic.
Its true that antibiotics are helpful in alleviating the infection from body, but only bacterial infection.
There are many causes of fever and the most common in viral, which goes on its own. And there is no use role of antibiotics in this. You just have to give antipyretics. and I think that's what your doctor did.
Antibiotics do not work on viral infection. Infact its a bitter truth that antibiotics weakens the immunity. So if not needed never give them

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Dr. Tripat Mehta
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Should Antibiotics Be Taken For Fever In Children?

Hello Its very good that the doctor did not use any antibiotic. Its true that antibiotics are helpful in alleviating the infection from body, but only bacterial infection. There are many causes of fever and the most common in viral, which goes on its own. And there is no use role of antibiotics in this. You just have to give antipyretics. and I think that s what your doctor did. Antibiotics do not work on viral infection. Infact its a bitter truth that antibiotics weakens the immunity. So if not needed never give them Thanks Dr. Tripat Mehta