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My two year old has taken a gulp of calpol what should i do?

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Call poison control: The first thing you should do is call poison control when your child ingests something that you arent sure if is harmful. Calpol is a pain medication, not often used in the us and to determine if the amount is harmful, call poison control asap.

Dr Ali agreed

Answered 3/15/2013

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4 year old had cold symptoms for a week but has slept all night and morning fever of 39.85 gave a dose if calpol is now 38.88 is that ok?

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Good day, I would like to find out if it's ok to give a 2 year old Calpol on empty tummy when she has runny tummy and complaining of pain? Can I also still give Telfast even though she has runny tummy?

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My baby girl is 1 year old, she was born on 34 weeks. Last week she had fever of 38,8 / 38,4. I gave calpol syrup and it steadily went down. fever is gone for 3 days now she cries a lot and keeps on touching her neck?

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My 5 year old daughter complained about being tired earlier and she lied in bed earlier than her normal bedtime. She has a runny noise now and chest sounds congested. I have Nurofen (for children) and Calpol (paedietric Suspension). Can I give her?

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A member asked:

My 4 year old has high sudden fever , (38-39c ) , it goes down after taking calpol but comes back again in 6 hours.she has only very slight runny nose?

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