Patient's question:
Recurring high fever, temperature ranging between 38°-40°, with coughing most frequently at night. Accompanied by loss of appetite, dry vomiting when taking medication, restlessness, no bowel movement for 3 days, and shortness of breath with wheezing during sleep. Four days ago, unclear about the previous treatment and its effectiveness: Three days ago, visited outpatient clinic and received Cefixime, Shuanghuanglian, and Paracetamol, along with two unknown Western medicines, but the effectiveness was unclear. Symptoms continued to worsen. Yesterday afternoon, received intravenous drip with many anti-inflammatory and fever-reducing drugs, but symptoms did not improve at night. Paracetamol failed to reduce fever, so Compound Zinc-Germanium was used instead, which lowered the temperature. This morning, the temperature rose to 38.4° again, and another intravenous drip was administered. Fingerstick blood test revealed low white blood cell count. Percussion indicated urethral inflammation with viral fever. VC, Cefixime, and a sleep-inducing medication were administered, along with an antipyretic injection, showing slight improvement. In the morning, runny nose and hiccups reappeared. At 3:30 PM, fever returned with a temperature of 38.4° and persistent coughing. Thirty minutes ago, the baby had a bowel movement—loose, watery, and in an incomplete form. Ate only a small amount of food, still with low-grade fever.Hello, is this viral fever? How should it be treated? How long will it last? Thank you!
What kind of assistance is needed: Hello, is this viral fever? How should it be treated? How long will it last? Thank you!
Doctor's answer:
If a child coughs very frequently, it interferes with deep sleep and rest, then appropriate oral cough medicine can be taken. Don't take cough medicine immediately at the first sign of coughing. More cooling blood and expelling phlegm medications should be adopted. Select appropriate anti-inflammatory drugs based on the situation. For children, especially infants and toddlers, oral medication can be difficult, so the method of combining traditional Chinese medicine topical patches can be used, which also has a good effect, such as Yiqi (Energy Patch), Yitie Ning (One Patch Ning), and Sijiu (Forty-Nine Patch) etc. More often, pay close attention to care and scientific diet, which will all have a good effect.