Question
A 13-month-old child has been suffering from a fever for 3 days, with repeated high fevers that only last a few hours after taking fever-reducing medicine, and each fever reaches over 39 degrees. The child’s spirits are slightly low, and there are vomiting symptoms. The mouth and throat condition is normal. The child has never had a rash. Routine blood tests and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein tests have shown no abnormalities, only slightly low white blood cells. The child is currently taking fever-reducing medicine. Is this a sign of a rash? How should it be handled?
Answer
In this situation, it is best to seek traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine has good efficacy for such fevers without obvious signs of infection, often using modified formulas of White Tiger Decoction and Ge Gen Decoction. Since the routine blood test did not find any obvious signs of infection, it may be a viral infection or functional fever. If it is a rash, it will appear after the fever subsides, usually within three to four days. Seek treatment from an experienced traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and use physical cooling methods to control body temperature.