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Suggest Medication For Fever And Cold In A Child

i'm asking about my daughter's cold and fever. she is 11months old. she started having runny nose since last tuesday,no other symptons till the weekend. at the weekend her nose stopped running and i thought she has recovered. but from about 8 hours ago she started to have fever and her nose is becoming blocked. the temperature is a bit above 101f, she is drinking and eats solid food as normal but the blocked nose made breasrfeeding difficult. i'm worrying could it be a complication or another cold?
Mon, 19 May 2014
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Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic. Fever of four 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 she is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably 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. For cold you can give Cetrizine syrup orally once a day for 3 days in the dose suggested by your pediatrician. Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,
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Suggest Medication For Fever And Cold In A Child

Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic. Fever of four 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 she is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably 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. For cold you can give Cetrizine syrup orally once a day for 3 days in the dose suggested by your pediatrician. Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health. Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,