Hi. My son is 10 and has had a temperature of 38.5 since Saturday and now 38.8. He has sore throat, tender to touch stomach pain and upper leg pain. I have been continually giving him ibuprofen 10ml and paracetamol 10ml every 4 hourly. His heart is racing continually but I guess this is due to fighting infection. I make sure he is not covered up to help fever lower but doesn t last for long. I feel like the medicine is not helping very much, maybe 1 hour and then shoots up again. He continually feels like vomiting but hasn t and was given amoxicillin Saturday by walk in clinic GP which have been giving 2 times a day. He seems to be worsening. His saliva is very dry but give him sips of water. Hasn t eaten anything since Saturday afternoon. Thank you. Mum
HI, thanks for using Chat Doctor The fever due to a cough and cold can potentially last at least 3 to 4 days. The paracetamol can be every 4 hours, as you are using, but you need to space the ibuprofen to at least every 6 to 8 hours. Keeping cool and using cool liquids would also help along with tepid sponging or baths. The use of an oral spray or gargle may help to reduce the pain in the throat e.g. colonia, chlorogenic but if you are concerned that he is not improving then you can take him back to his doctor for reassessment. I hope this helps