Dear Sir, My 3years 5 months daughter (22 kg) had a fever and cold. she had been initially prescribed clamp kid forte ( amoxycilling & potassium clavulanate 2 tab daily and aligra sus 5ml twice. later she developed rashes through out her body and mouth. we stopped after 3 tablets. then she has been prescribed azithal XL 200 5 ml daily. she does not have high fever now (Max 99.9 F) Her rashes are now become big and red. we are worried please help.
HI...if there is fever and associated with rash, then it must be a viral illness. There was no need to use antibiotics and that to two antibiotics. Cough and cold are viral 95% of the times in child Chat Doctor.  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 -