My 3 year old son has had recurring fever for over a month now. His fever ranges from 101 to 104. A week ago he vomits and had a fever of 103 then the following day the fever went away. Today, he is so hot 103.8 he doesn t complain of any pain. He doesn t want to eat no sore throat, no headache, no pain in urination, just chills!... we are worried
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. By what you say this looks like a recurring viral illness. Vomiting during fever is quite common in viral illness. I will explain to you how a viral illness behaves so that you can be more comfortable. 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. Regards -