I have a 10 yr.old that has had fever for 1 week,was diagnosed with strep given a antibiotic was fine for a week and again got 101 to 104 temp again, was said it was sinus and given antibotic again, after 1 day of no antibiotic again has 104 temp. What can this be?
Hi... by what you say I feel that your child is going through a recurrent viral illness. I will explain to you how a viral illness behaves so that you can be more confident. 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. Regards -