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Signs And Symptoms Of Viral Fever In Infants

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 Signs And Symptoms Of Viral Fever In Infants It’s heartbreaking for the parent to see any kind of pain or discomfort in your child. It is especially hard when your child has fever. Babies catch viral fever very easily; as the temperature of the child increases, there is a fear created in the parents mind and this is medically termed as “fever phobia”.                                        Signs And Symptoms Of Viral Fever In Infants: Usually the first sign of viral fever in baby is the temperature of 100 degrees C to 103 degrees C. And another symptom is chills. There are many viral infections and the symptoms generally change depending on the virus that is catches your baby. Nausea Sore throat Look pale Feel shivery Chills Cold Cough Blocked nose Pain in the tummy Diarrhea No appetite Protection M...

11 PRACTICAL TIPS ABOUT FEVER

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11 PRACTICAL TIPS ABOUT FEVER 1) Fever with chills and rigors unless proved otherwise is malaria, urinary tract infection or filaria. 2) Malaria chills are usually in the afternoon and filarial chills are usually in the evening. 3) Malaria fever patients invariably will be non-toxic in between fever attacks, while typhoid patients will be toxic. 4) Fever with single episode of chills unless proved otherwise is pneumococcal pneumonia. 5) Abrupt high grade fever with pain in eye movement is dengue. 6) Fever with pain in joints, which improves with flexion is Chikungunya. 7) In viral hepatitis, jundice will always appear after fever subsides. If patient has fever and jundice together, look for other cause. 8) In SLE fever, patients will always have negative CRP. Positive CRP, look for associated TB. 9) Evening rise of fever lasting more then 6 weeks invariably is TB. These patients may have mild derangement of SGOT and SGPT. 10) In dengue, capillary leakage syndrome...