my son is 9months old he has got a high temperature he can not eat and he has diarrhea that smells fishy, i have had him to the doctors but they just tell me its a virus or its his tonsils hes been like this now for 2weeks i am really worried please help.
Hi... your doctors are right. By what you say I too feel that this is only a passing viral infection, and he will recover from this in few days. 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 -