Anonymous
04/30/2019 15:18
Subject: What do you do at the first sign of fever?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What do you do at the first sign of fever? My five-year-old woke up with a 99.8 fever this morning and he is very lethargic, doesn’t want to eat or drink. I gave him a dose of elderberry and a probiotic chewable. What else can I do to speed recovery? We are leaving on a trip in two days!
Give the little guy a baby aspirin. Woo-woo medicine isn't going to make him feel better any faster. It will just run its course.
I agree about the woo-woo medicine, but not the baby aspirin. Isn't aspirin not recommended for kids with a fever because of Reye's syndrome?
Anonymous
04/29/2019 22:46
Subject: What do you do at the first sign of fever?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What do you do at the first sign of fever? My five-year-old woke up with a 99.8 fever this morning and he is very lethargic, doesn’t want to eat or drink. I gave him a dose of elderberry and a probiotic chewable. What else can I do to speed recovery? We are leaving on a trip in two days!
Give the little guy a baby aspirin. Woo-woo medicine isn't going to make him feel better any faster. It will just run its course.
NEVER GIVE A CHILD ASPIRIN. NEVER!!
Aspirin can cause Reye syndrome in kids and it’s incredibly serious.