Hi my 2 year old since yesterday night has had a high temp we tried to bring it down but couldn t so rang out of hours and theh took her into hospital, managed to get her temp down from 39.4 to 37.5 so they let us take her home. Today she has a temperature again and we can t get it below 38.1, around 15 minutes ago she started twitching a little bit mainly in her legs (she was asleep) her temperature is now 38.6. Please help. Thankyou.
Hi, Thank you for asking question on Chat Doctor. Irrespective of the cause the temperature has to be brought down immediately lest she may go into febrile convulsions. Paracetamol 15 mg/kg body weight 4-6 hourly along with tepid sponging will bring down temperature quickly. Then consult pediatrician to investigate and arrive at a diagnosis. Hope this answer will serve your purposeless feel free to ask any more queries if requiredTake care Chat Doctor. V. Subrahmanyam MD;Disassociate professor of pediatrics.