There is no most effective way to treat headache and fever, and it is necessary to individualize the medication with the patient’s specific condition. For example, headache and fever caused by common cold, influenza, tuberculous meningitis and other causes may need symptomatic treatment, antiviral treatment and other related treatments.
1. Common cold: Fever caused by the common cold is mainly treated symptomatically, and can be treated with acetaminophen and cotrimoxazole.
2. Influenza: Influenza headache, fever also need symptomatic treatment and also need to use oseltamivir and other antiviral drugs.
3. Tuberculous meningitis: headache and fever caused by this patient may need to be treated with anti-tuberculosis drugs such as rifampicin.
4. Other causes of headache and fever: for example, pneumonia may also cause headache and fever, and may require the use of antibiotic drugs such as moxifloxacin; and even need to investigate whether the patient’s headache is due to the combination of hypertension or cerebrovascular disease and other related conditions, and need to be individualized for the above complications.