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[|Human|] Hi my child has flu smytoms since yesterday and her temp went up to 38.4 gave her calpol and neurofen she s hot and cold hasn t eaten in two days she s sleeping all day she is drinking tho and now in bed she sweating and temp is dropped to 35.2 she s 9 years old she also has small rash on chest
[|AI|]  Hi... This looks like viral illness...especially so with rash occurring. 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. Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15 mg/kg/dose (Maximum ceiling dose 500 mg per dose) every 4-6th hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. 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.