My child has a temp of 104.2 rectal - thats 3 hrs after I had given her motrin. She has hsving these temps since yesterday morning. Last night it was very high - I put her in a bath 98.6 bath h2o and motrin given it brought temp to 101 and @ 730this am she was boiling hot. Her others s&s are as follows: headache, stomache, sinus congestion, watery eyes, and very tired. She has a loss of appetite, I push fluids h20 and yesterday she had 1/2 of soup. I gave her some pediasure, which normally she loves to have-but ony had a few sips. She now tells me shes having some double vision. I called her md but they cant see her until 2pm- pls advise My child is 6y/o otherwise healthy kid. She weighs 59 lbs. Her history is adhd and taking procentra. She takes a daily vitamin and a an omega 3 vitamin. Nkda.
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. 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. But double vision is not something which can be ignored. I suggest you take her to the nearest Emergency Room immediately and get her examined by the physician. Regards - 