instruction: hello doctor my year old son has high fever since last night I gave my of 100 my nurofen syearup it helped but did not bring the fever fully down he had another dose of syearup this morning for the same issue he has wet diapers passed stools ate a bit but not much drinks water and is breastfed he has a bit of cough wet and a very runny nose we did bloodwork any thoughts
output: hi I understand your concern I have gone through the blood investigation which is suggestive of viral fever with low thrombocytopenia low platelet count from the history and investigation it looks like a viral fever which usually requires symptomatic treatment and will subside over a period of five to seven days give fever medicine round the clock four to six hourly instead of nurofen ibuprofen give local brand of paracetamol 15 my keg per dose nurofen affects platelet counts so it is usually avoided in viral fevers make sure that the throat is clear no congestion which is usually a source of infection use warm saline gargles frequently and use soap to wash your hands if fever does not subside after 48 hours please do visit a doctor I hope this helps