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[|Human|] Hello, my 6 yr. old son woke up with a bad headache, med.-high fever; red eyes, and crying. I gave him childrens advil and now was just wondering if I should be doing more, and when should I take him to his pediatrition? He never gets sick, matter of fact its the first time he s been sick since school started in Sept.
[|AI|]  Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. 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 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. Regards -