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Suggest Remedy For Diarrhea And Fever In 6 Year Old
Our six year old grandaughter has slight diarreah yesterday and a fever which spiked to102 at night. She has ot eaten and only drinks sips of water,not often. This started yesterday, can we let it go through tomorrow and take her to her pediatrician on Monday?
Fri, 30 Dec 2016
for fever give acetaminophen or paracetamol every 8 hours
give oral rehydration solution as five tea spoons for every pound of her weight
for diarrhea give motiliuim or any over the counter antidiarrheal drug
give oral rehydration solution as five tea spoons for every pound of her weight
for diarrhea give motiliuim or any over the counter antidiarrheal drug
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