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Suggest Treatment For Headaches And Vomiting In A Child
My 7 years old son had a headache for the last 2 days. He threw up yesterday. Earlier today, I went to the Urgent Care doctor, she said my son probably has a meningitis and told us to go to ER. Right now he seems ok after I gave him a kid tylenor pain & fever and also he had 1 hour nap. Please advise
Hello and welcome to HCM, A history of headache, fever and vomiting is characteristic of meningitis. In addition, meningitis caused neck pain and neck rigidity. Pain killers and anti-pyretics will control the pain and fever however, definitive treatment is required. For diagnosis of meningitis, lumbar tap for examination of CSF is required. CSF has to be examined microscopically and micro biologically to look for evidence of infection and infectious agent. Thus, consult your paediatrician for clinical assessment and lumbar puncture of examination of CSF. Once infection is detected, appropriate treatment can be started on basis of type of infection - bacterial, viral or fungal.
Thanks and take care DR Shailja Puri
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Suggest Treatment For Headaches And Vomiting In A Child
Hello and welcome to HCM, A history of headache, fever and vomiting is characteristic of meningitis. In addition, meningitis caused neck pain and neck rigidity. Pain killers and anti-pyretics will control the pain and fever however, definitive treatment is required. For diagnosis of meningitis, lumbar tap for examination of CSF is required. CSF has to be examined microscopically and micro biologically to look for evidence of infection and infectious agent. Thus, consult your paediatrician for clinical assessment and lumbar puncture of examination of CSF. Once infection is detected, appropriate treatment can be started on basis of type of infection - bacterial, viral or fungal. Thanks and take care DR Shailja Puri