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My five year old son has been getting a cough and a fever at night that seems to clear up during the day. Also, this evening, I noticed that his abdominal temperature seemed much higher than his forehead. I measured both with a temporal thermometer and the forehead measures 101.5, the abdomen measured 104.5.

Submitted: 17 days ago.

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Gender: Male
Age: 5

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water and rest. He seems to eat normally.

Posted by Dr. Arun Phophalia 17 days ago.

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Greetings.

Since how long are his symptoms?
Has he sore throat, cold, running nose, nasal blockage?

Dr. Arun

17 days ago.

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This is the third night (symptoms started Sunday night) H e also has Cold symptoms and a runny nose. Mucus is clear. He hasn't complained of abdominal pain, and there do not appear to be any hard or tender areas on his abdomen

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Hello,

The abdominal area has usually higher temperature (as it is covered by the clothing) than the exposed area of the body, when there is fever in children. His symptoms look like a viral upper respiratory tract infection, which usually resolves in 3-4 days. If the symptoms aggravate or newer symptoms arrive, he may need a throat swab by his primary care physician. The fever can have a diurnal variation (change in the intensity of the symptoms during day and night) in viral infections. Cough gets slightly worse in evening and night due to irritation by a runny nose which is not properly drained. You can give him Tylenol for the fever.

Please feel free for your follow up questions.

Dr. Arun

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Gender: Male
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water and rest. He seems to eat normally.

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Greetings.

Since how long are his symptoms?
Has he sore throat, cold, running nose, nasal blockage?

Dr. Arun

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This is the third night (symptoms started Sunday night) H e also has Cold symptoms and a runny nose. Mucus is clear. He hasn't complained of abdominal pain, and there do not appear to be any hard or tender areas on his abdomen

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Greetings. Since how long are his symptoms?Has he sore throat, cold, running nose, nasal blockage? Dr. Arun

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This is the third night (symptoms started Sunday night) H e also has Cold symptoms and a runny nose. Mucus is clear. He hasn't complained of abdominal pain, and there do not appear to be any hard or tender areas on his abdomen

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Gender: Male
Age: 5

Already Tried:
water and rest. He seems to eat normally.

Greetings.

Since how long are his symptoms?
Has he sore throat, cold, running nose, nasal blockage?

Dr. Arun