A high body temperature in children is due to a bacterial or viral infection.
"Madam and your child" met Dr. Hammam Jamil Qandil, the pediatric consultant, to describe to you the types of drug treatments.
The first: Paracetamol group such as (Adol - Fevadol - Panadol - Tylenol), all of them have the same effect, and they are lighter and used for temperatures less than 38 ° C.
The second: the ibuprofen group such as (Neoriphene - Gonphen - Voltaren - Rofenac), which is stronger than the first group.
The second group is used if the temperature is more than 38.5, and its use does not conflict with the first group, and it is not considered a double the dose. Because each group works differently.
The dose of the second group: 2 mg per kilo of the child''s weight every 12-24 hours. Example of a child under one year of age: half of the "Voltaren" 12.5 suppository every 12-24 hours according to the response.
Child older than 1 to 5 years of age: one 12.5 full suppository every 12-24 hours, depending on the response.
Children older than this: one full 25 mg suppository every 12-24 hours, depending on response. Note: Florentine suppositories are not given to children suffering from asthma.
instructions
Not every fever requires an antibiotic, but for less than three months, a doctor should be consulted.
Compresses can be made on the neck from the sides and under the armpits with lukewarm water and we exclude the compresses on the head, and the compress must be changed every 10 seconds.
