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[|Human|] MY SON 6 YRS OLD WEIGHING 22 KGS, CAME UP WITH A FEVER 2 DAYS AGO WHILE WE WERE TRAVELLING. HIS FEVER WAS 101F. I GAVE HIM 6ML OF CALPOL SYRUP AND GAVE HIM HUDRO THERAPY. YESTERDAY HIS DOCTOR HAS PRESCRIBED MEFTAL-P , WITH A COUGH SYRUP AS MY SON IS COMPLAINING OF HEADACHE AND HAS A LITTLE BIT OF COUGH. THE DOCTOR DIAGANOSED VIRAL FEVER NOW THE PROBLEM IS HIS TEMPERATUR REACHES TO 102 IN THE ARM PIT AND AFTER MEDICATION AND HYDRO THERAPY IT COMES DOWN BUT ONLY FOR 3 HRS WHILE THE DOCTOR SAYS TO GIVE MEFTAL P ONLY AT AN INTERVAL OF 6HRS .... I M WORRIED COULD IT BE TYPHOID OR SOMETHING ELSE
[|AI|]  Total Duration of fever is 2 days and cough is also present yes it can be viral fever, and it may last for 5 to 7 days in few patients and early also. If persisting beyond workup or investigations has to be done to look for any other cause than viral. Typhoid can be kept in mind as a cause of fever if following symptoms are associated_slowly rising feverfrquency and intensity of fever same and may increase. Coated tongue pain abdomen loose stools enlarged liver or spleen which regress after treatment (can be checked by doctor)In your case fever onset seems sudden and is associated with cough it seems like viral fever to me. Just give paracetamol avoid metal as it can cause gastritis and pain abdomen. Use tap water not cold for sponging. Keep watch on kids oral intake give fluids as much as he can take. Once more viral fever resolves by itself and may take 7 days however if not decreasing by day 5 get kid rechecked.