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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 127179" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Kjs, high fevers can accompany either viral or bacterial infections. Antibiotics will only treat bacterial infections (such as strep). It sounds to me as if your difficult child has a viral infection that cannot be treated with antibiotics but rather needs to run its course.</p><p> </p><p>Does your difficult child have any associated symptoms (congestion, cough, headache, stomachache) with the fever? Fever in and of itself is not dangerous (until it reaches 106 or so), but is rather a symptom of an infection (either viral or bacterial). If a high fever with a cough, for example, goes on for more than a week or returns to normal for more than 24 hours and then spikes back up, there may be a secondary bacterial infection that develops and then that would need to be treated with antibiotics. That is unlikely to occur in your difficult child's case given that he is already on antibiotics (probably unnecessarily so given that what he has is likely viral).</p><p> </p><p>Did your difficult child have the flu vaccine? Is the flu going around in your area? True influenza can cause high fevers without being particularly dangerous.</p><p> </p><p>If you continue to be concerned, your pediatrician should run a full panel of blood tests to reassure you that everything is OK.</p><p> </p><p>Hope your difficult child feels better soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 127179, member: 2423"] Kjs, high fevers can accompany either viral or bacterial infections. Antibiotics will only treat bacterial infections (such as strep). It sounds to me as if your difficult child has a viral infection that cannot be treated with antibiotics but rather needs to run its course. Does your difficult child have any associated symptoms (congestion, cough, headache, stomachache) with the fever? Fever in and of itself is not dangerous (until it reaches 106 or so), but is rather a symptom of an infection (either viral or bacterial). If a high fever with a cough, for example, goes on for more than a week or returns to normal for more than 24 hours and then spikes back up, there may be a secondary bacterial infection that develops and then that would need to be treated with antibiotics. That is unlikely to occur in your difficult child's case given that he is already on antibiotics (probably unnecessarily so given that what he has is likely viral). Did your difficult child have the flu vaccine? Is the flu going around in your area? True influenza can cause high fevers without being particularly dangerous. If you continue to be concerned, your pediatrician should run a full panel of blood tests to reassure you that everything is OK. Hope your difficult child feels better soon. [/QUOTE]
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