My son is three years old today he started complaining about his back hurtng he has flu like sympotoms and is brething very heavily he feels very hot I have not been able to check his temp I dont have a thermometer. I was wondering if I should take him to the hospital? I dont know what kind of medication to give him because he is allergic to tylenol.
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. By what you say this looks like a viral illness. 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. As you say he is allergic to Tylenol or Paracetamol I suggest you give him Ibuprofen. Ibuprofen can be given in the dose of 10 mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 400 mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 101F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. Regards - 