Hi, My son is a 5 year old boy. He had high fever two days back and the temperature touched 104.9. We have been giving Meftal and Paracetamol for the last two days with water bath to bring the fever down. We have also been giving Zifi 100 twice a day as prescribed by our physician. This has helped to keep the fever down over the last 18 hours. But four hours back, our paediatrician said that this is dengue. But there is nothing to be alarmed about and asked us to continue the same treatment. But this made us jittery. Our question is, How do we know that the treatment is going in a right path as we are not tracking anything apart from temperature? I have read that the platelet count should get checked during dengue. Should we need to do any blood test for that? I am much worried about pricking a small child for blood test and what else should we do for tracking?
Hi. Dengue needs a confirmation of laboratory diagnosis. Unless you do a laboratory test you cannot label any disease as dengue. Dengue is a form of viral illness which is frequently associated with thrombocytopenia. If at all it is dengue following danger signs need to be monitored, Use of Meftal P (Mefenamic acid and Paracetamol) is not recommended for fever in pediatric age group. For further information consult a paediatrician online -->