dfspcc20
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Our 5 year old was diagnosed with the flu. He has typical symptoms: fever (less than 103.0), low energy, low appetite, and is sleeping a lot. Doctor recommended Tylenol and Motrin, and surprisingly, Tamiflu, even though he is otherwise healthy. That might have been brought about since my wife mentioned we have a vacation planned starting next week.
I want to avoid the Tylenol and Motrin, but want to try to get his appetite back. I also want to stay away from Tamiflu (I've seen the previous posts on it here).
I've tried giving him activated charcoal mixed in juice, but he was really turned off by the dark color and only drank a few sips. I retrospect, I should have put it in a container he couldn't see through.
Questions.
Has Ray ever written about fevers and their possible beneficial effects? My understanding is that they're a natural, adaptive response to a stressor (namely, an infection), thus trying to deliberately lower the fever might be counter-productive. But, with a fever, appetite is usually lower, so it seems to be a catch-22.
Also, I'm familiar with Ray's views on Aspirin vs Tylenol/Motrin/Ibuprofen. But I'm still extremely cautious about giving aspirin to a child. Has anyone here given it to their children? I doubt I'd ever find a doctor that would ever go along with that (not that that really means anything).
I want to avoid the Tylenol and Motrin, but want to try to get his appetite back. I also want to stay away from Tamiflu (I've seen the previous posts on it here).
I've tried giving him activated charcoal mixed in juice, but he was really turned off by the dark color and only drank a few sips. I retrospect, I should have put it in a container he couldn't see through.
Questions.
Has Ray ever written about fevers and their possible beneficial effects? My understanding is that they're a natural, adaptive response to a stressor (namely, an infection), thus trying to deliberately lower the fever might be counter-productive. But, with a fever, appetite is usually lower, so it seems to be a catch-22.
Also, I'm familiar with Ray's views on Aspirin vs Tylenol/Motrin/Ibuprofen. But I'm still extremely cautious about giving aspirin to a child. Has anyone here given it to their children? I doubt I'd ever find a doctor that would ever go along with that (not that that really means anything).
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