My 5 yr old son has had diarrea all day today. He vomited once. He was running a fever earlier of 101.3. I gave him tylenol. It came down. It is now the middle of the night and he is still nauseas. Put him in the shower for 25 min because he wanted to. Just go him out. His forehead is not hot but the rest of his body is burning up. Very hot. Just gave him more tylenol. His temp is 101. He is still complaining of his lower back both sides and his sides and lower front abdomen hurting him. What should I do??
Hi, I understand your concern. Diarrhea and fever can be caused by a number of pathogens, viruses being most common. But as you have described pain in lower back and abdomen, child might have Urinary tract infection. As temperature is high, sponging or shower can be given again. Kindly give proper dose of Tylenol according to weight of child (10 mg/kg/dose) and repeat it after 8 hours. The Child can be taken to a clinic/hospital in morning where formal assessment and basic investigations can be done. Treatment would be according to the attending Physicians evaluation.