Hello. My 2 year old has had a recurring fever that sometimes isn t treatable with ibuprofen or Tylenol, and has been vomiting several times throughout the day. He had the same issue about a week ago, but it went away within a few days and his Pedi said it was just a tummy bug, and to just let it pass. This time is a little different because one of his cheeks is bright red and hot to the touch. I m worried this could be something more, possibly? Should I just let this pass as his Pedi recommended last week or is this something worthy of making an appointment for? Thank You.
Hi... your pediatrician was right. I, too, feel that this is a passing viral illness. Recurrent viral illness is very common in this age group and season. I will explain to you how are viral illness behaves so that you can be more confident. 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 -