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What To Do If A Child Is Having High Fever?
Hi, My daughter is 9 months old. she is having fever since 2 days. She had 102.2 this evening. We gave her Tylenol to reduce the temp.She is keeping her mouth open and discharging lot of Saliva. The earliest we can visit the doctor is after 15 hrs. Please advice.
Thu, 6 Mar 2014
Hi,
Thanks for writing to health care magic.
If she is keeping her mouth open and drooling saliva then you should not wait and contact the emergency at the earliest possible. I suggest you to contact the ER at the earliest.
Continue to ask further queries as required.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
Dr Y V Siva Sankara Murty
M.D.(Pediatrics)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Thanks for writing to health care magic.
If she is keeping her mouth open and drooling saliva then you should not wait and contact the emergency at the earliest possible. I suggest you to contact the ER at the earliest.
Continue to ask further queries as required.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
Dr Y V Siva Sankara Murty
M.D.(Pediatrics)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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