Hi, My 19 months old had a mild fever for the last 2 days (100-102). Every time I gave her tylenol or Advil her temperature would go back down to normal. She had a cold last week and was 90% recovered, just coughing a bit at night. Last couple of days, she s coughing more and I could hear the mucus inside her throat. Now she s having a fever again, can this be related to the same cold or she s down to something different?
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\u00a0mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500\u00a0mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. I don't think that this is another illness which is unrelated to the initial fever. Furthermore, I feel that the same viral illness is continuing. Regards -