Fever - Herpangina

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Does anyone know the best SCD safe treatment for a fever? For

herpangina (viral infection in the throat)?

Thank you!

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Hi Crystal,

<<Does anyone know the best SCD safe treatment for a fever? For

> herpangina (viral infection in the throat)?>>

For pain/ fever reducer: ibuprofen for ASD, acetaminophen for those

with bowel issues.

This was posted to the list a ways back (from Patti D.):

" A little cayenne pepper and garlic added to SCD chicken soup would be

great, too..... especially if you can't do honey right now. Cayenne

opens up the small capillaries in the body and helps relieve pain....

and battles infection. I think it helps loosen up the tight chest

congestion.

Let fever run if you can........ let it do it's job. Unless a fever

is VERY high...... and for a child as young as Hannah, pedicatricians

don't consider even 104 to be all that high (but call YOUR doc to

ask).... you should not try to suppress it because it's battling the

virus. I only give Tylenol if there is pain involved.... headache,

sore throat.... that is just unbearable. There seem to be drawbacks

to using either Tylenol (bad for kids w/ autism) or ibuprofen (very

bad for the gut)..... so best to avoid both of these. Someone posted

the other day about peppermint oil for fever.... but I didn't save

the post. Tepid baths..... or sponge baths.... can work well to cool

down a high fever..... but unless it's really raging high, you should

think of fever as your friend. SUDDEN HIGH FEVERS can be a danger

sign for something like meningicoccal disease so don't mess around

with that.... call the doctor!! "

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of and