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What Causes Neck Pain In A Child While Suffering From Fever?

my 5 years old son had temperature of 39.2c last night gave him liquid paracetamol and hour half later his temp had gone down to 36.5c so he went to bed but this morning he is complaining of bad pain in back of neck in the middle he is unable to move it to side without crying in pain, i have checked his temp its 37.8c
Tue, 21 Apr 2020
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Hi,

If he don't have any other symptoms like severe headache/vomiting/cough/throat pain/neck swelling, we can take this as a viral fever with lymph node enlargement in neck (although it is uncommon in the middle back of neck) causing local inflammation and pain.

Try giving him ibuprofen syrup(100mg/5ml) 7ml three times a day after food. If he is not getting better by then, kindly take him to doctor for further evaluation.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr. Muhammed Aslam TK
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What Causes Neck Pain In A Child While Suffering From Fever?

Hi, If he don t have any other symptoms like severe headache/vomiting/cough/throat pain/neck swelling, we can take this as a viral fever with lymph node enlargement in neck (although it is uncommon in the middle back of neck) causing local inflammation and pain. Try giving him ibuprofen syrup(100mg/5ml) 7ml three times a day after food. If he is not getting better by then, kindly take him to doctor for further evaluation. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. Muhammed Aslam TK