Hi, I m staying in Chennai. On Tuesday, my 4.7 year old son had a cough and had fever that night. The doc gave him crocin and Azithromycin. Wednesday, he had no fever. But Wednesday night at 12.00, he started shivering. Since then, the fever came and went for three days. He had a bout of shivering Friday early morning as well. The cough is not too bad now. He hasn t had fever now for more tha 12 hours. Could this be Malaria? Our doc told us to wait till tonight to see if his shivering recurred, But I just wanted to ask.
Hi, By what you say this looks like viral fever and unlikely to be malaria. Now there are a lot of viral fevers going on in Chennai with a similar presentation. So you can actually wait as your pediatrician has suggested. But if you need a second opinion you are most welcome at the above said Hospital. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Chat Doctor.