3 year old girl complained of right side stomach pain 12 days ago, brought her in that night and said she could have a start of an ear infection had a fever of 99.1 and put her on omnicef for 10 days. 2 days ago another fever 102 and took her to the doctor no sign of ear infection and throat was clear. last night still fever threw up twice and is back to complaining about her tummy, when on motrin she is alert and does not to seem to have any discomfort, should i bring her back in her fever is still 100.8 thanks
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15 mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500 mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. Regards - 