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My baby is 10 month old and suffering from fever from last 3 days how detect if it is viral fever or not?
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Cardinal symptoms of viral fever are fever,cough,cold,red eyes,pain throat,running nose,malaise,weakness & general body rash.All symptoms may not be present in every viral illness. Some may present with severe illness like seizures,altered sensorium.
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If baby is getting fever 6-8 hourly, responding to paracetamol, in between fever active, passing normal urine (as it was before illness) and not dull then it may be viral. Any thing else need investigations on day 4.
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