my son is 7 years old, with high fever in last 2 day, constipation, fever broke , then red rash on righ leg only , broke out with several rashes, went to dr. , thought it could be strep , but is not. Said to bring back if fever comes back or leg gets worse, he is home now with a fever 101.7 again, leg is the same.
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor.SOMETIMES VIRAL ILLNESSES CAN CAUSE RASHES. 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. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15\u00a0mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500\u00a0mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. Regards -