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What Causes Body Ache And Eye Discharge In A Child?
My 4 year old daughter just got over a cold. She now has a lot of goop in her eyes, she has been very tired, emotional, and moody. She keeps saying she is thirsty, but doesn t drink much more than normal. She isn t sleeping well, and when she wakes up at night she will complain about her feet, hands, or arms hurting, but I can t see anything physically wrong. I am going to call her doctor tomorrow but don t know how to help her. What could be wrong?
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Thu, 21 Aug 2014
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Mon, 8 Sep 2014
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Hi...she seems to be going through a viral illness and conjunctivitis. This pain she's complaining could be a part of the generalized malaise which is very much expected in any viral illness. If she's in too much pain you can administer her Paracetamol at 15mg/kg/dose every 4-6th hourly or if temperature is more than 100F. Regarding her eye discharge you need to clean with fresh clean water as much as required.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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