My one and half year daughter has cough from last two days. Yesterday early morning she had a slight fever. After giving medicine once se was ok.. Again today morning she has fever... What medicine should we give. Her stool was black from last Saturday and had stains of blood. It was in same condition on sunday and Monday also.. Medicine smuth was given to yesterday night for loosening the stool. Should we take her to doctor for fever.
Hi...looks like she has gotten herself into 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. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15 mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500 mg) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. Some amount of cough and cold is common during viral infection and is self limiting. They do not warrant any medication as such. Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Chat Doctor are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.