Hello doctor,My 10 month old daughter has been sick for five days. She had cough with congestion and flu without fever. The doctor has given her Ciprofloxacin for five days. From today, she has a fever of 38 to 38.9 as I checked from her armpit. Kindly tell me what should I do? I have given her Paracetamol 5 ml also. It works for the hour. After that, the fever comes again. Kindly advice me as there is no good doctor here. Please help me. What to do? Is that normal or not?
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor forum. I understand your concern. I suggest you give her Crocin (Paracetamol) 5 ml every four to six hours (Paracetamol 5 ml equals 125 mg). If fever is persistently more than 100 F, give her syrup Meftal P 2.5 ml (Mefenamic acid 5 ml equals 100 mg) every six hourly. In between fever, do tepid sponging of the whole body. The whole purpose is to bring down the temperature so that she should not throw febrile convulsion. Which is very common in very young chil ChatDoctor.  Usually, fevers are viral fever and do not require antibiotics. Why was Ciprofloxacin given? Just check with the doctor, usually, in chil