Question
What should I do if my child still has a persistent low fever after receiving an intravenous injection?
Answer
If a child has tonsillitis and continues to have a high fever two days after antibiotic treatment, traditional Chinese medicine believes that fever is the body’s response to external pathogens. If the baby does not show symptoms like seizures or restlessness, parents should not be overly worried. Tonsillitis usually causes a fever for 3-5 days. It is recommended to use fever-reducing medication when the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees. If the baby is restless during the fever, consider using hormones for fever reduction. It is also suggested to use throat lozenges or Radix Scutellariae and Rhizoma Scutellariae oral liquid to clear heat and fight infection.