My 2 year old daughter has been having a fever since 330pm today we have giving her medicine. But her temps bounces from 99.0-101.2 and she also shaking.. what should I do ? We also left her in her diapers. Cause her body was so hot.. so we used a damp cloth to see it will cool her down..
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor.PLEASE DO NOT DO COLD SPONGING, AS IT HAS BEEN PROVEN SCIENTIFICALLY THAT IT WILL ONLY BRING DOWN THE FEVER TEMPORARILY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT WILL CAUSE REBOUND HIGHER TEMPERATURE AFTER SOMETIME. 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 -