Suggest treatment for fever in a child
Patient: Our child, 2.5 yrs old boy Sumeru, has fever 103 - 104 degrees from last 4hrs. Fever started suddenly at around 7pm today after he is back from near by children play area/park. He looks tired and sleeping there after. Please suggest what should we do? rush to nearest hospital or wait till morning? we gave him Acetaminophen oral suspension usp syrup 5ml at 7:30pm. Temperature has not come down yet. We are checking temperature every 30mins. Shall we give one more dose (5ml) of Acetaminophen oral suspension usp syrup at 12:00am, after 4hrs gap? please suggest.  -- Vinayaka & Hema from Bangalore Doctor: Hi,It seems that he might be having viral fever producing high temperature.you can repeat the Acetaminophen syrup dose after 4 hours if fever is there.But important is to give plenty of water and liquids and keep him well hydrated which will bring down the temperatureY.Ok and take care.