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Fever lasting 5 days . taking antibiotics for ear infection 3rdday. fever increases around 6 hrs after motrin. coughing and irregular runny nose?
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Possibly flu: This might be the flu. 5 days of fever, and not responding to antibiotics may be due to the fact it is viral, possibly the flu
Answered 2/27/2015
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