Could conjuntivitis cause constant vomiting and fever in an infant?
Patient: hi, my 8 month old son as been vomiting all day not managing to keep anything down especially his milk, he had this one week ago which lasted for 7 days with loose stools aswell. he also seems to have conjuntivtus could this be causing his temp? should i phone the dr? thanks Doctor: In my opinion it would be unlikely that conjunctivitis would cause a temperature. If there is a severe infection in the eye called orbital cellulits they could get a fever but there would be severe swelling in the skin around the eyeThe fever is likely from the viral illness causing the vomiting and loose stoolsI would suggest trying Pedilyte or GatoradeI would take the child to the emergency room if they don't make urine in 12 hours, are not acting correctly, or if you have any concernYou could call the on call doctor to see if they would call you out Zofran, a medicine that can help with vomit ingredients I would suggest Motrin or Tylenol for the fever