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[|Human|] My wife is having fever with a sore throat. the fever can not be contained with panadol it takes 1 hour until the fever drops and it is back in 2 hours time. I still have nurofen for children hat hand, can i give this to my wife. the package says 15 ml for 12 year old. what dose can i give her. the fever is around 38.4. Joahcim Guth, Singapore
[|AI|]  Hello, Thank you for the question and welcome to Chat Doctor ! In order to help you out accurately I will some more information about you wife like what is her age? Since how many days is she having fever? Any other complaints apart from fever and soar throat like cough Chat Doctor. Most throat infection are viral and resolve on their own without need of antibiotics. However, if she also has cough/ neck node swelling, the cause will be bacterial, and she will need simple antibiotics like amoxicillin or azithromycin tablet for course of 5 days. Contact your local physician for examination to find if she needs antibiotic. In addition to this for reducing the fever, paracetamol tablet needs to be given one tablet 2 times a day at 8 hrs gap and maximum up to 3 times a day if the fever comes in between. To reduce the fever paracetamol works better than ibuprofen.However, if the fever is more than 5-7 days duration, has additional symptoms as described above, she will need antibiotic course to help her resolve the infection. Contact your local physician for prescription. Hope this cleared your doubt. Contact back for any further questions. Takecare!