Repeated fever for 3 days in a child may be caused by upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia, meningitis and other diseases. It can be treated with medication and surgery.
1. Upper respiratory tract infection: patients with upper respiratory tract infection may have fever, cough, headache and other symptoms, if not actively treated patients may have a recurring fever for 3 days. Patients can take ibuprofen suspension, acetaminophen tablets and other antipyretic and analgesic drugs for chemical cooling as prescribed by the doctor.
2. Pneumonia: the main symptoms of patients are fever, cough, shortness of breath, etc., and patients may have recurrent fever for 3 to 5 days. For patients with Streptococcus pneumonia, antibiotics such as amoxicillin capsules and amoxicillin clavulanate potassium can be used as prescribed by the doctor. When the patient has a fever, you can use medications such as Loxoprofen sodium tablets, ibuprofen suspension and other medications to reduce fever.
3. Meningitis: patients will have fever, chills, epilepsy and other symptoms, can appear repeated fever for 3 days. Patients with purulent meningitis can be treated with antibiotics such as ceftriaxone tablets and cefotaxime tablets as prescribed by the doctor, and patients with viral meningitis can be treated with antiviral drugs such as acyclovir and ganciclovir.
Some patients can be treated with surgery, such as cerebrospinal fluid drainage and ventricular shunt drainage.
Children with recurrent fever for 3 days should also be considered as a result of bronchitis, tuberculosis and other diseases, the patient should consult a doctor in a timely manner, as soon as possible to clarify the diagnosis, and comply with the doctor’s instructions for treatment.