Guest guest Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Dear group, I am writing to find out your opinions about a fever that a 11 mth old baby girl is experiencing for the last two weeks. The baby has been getting fevers over 100 degrees that come and go over the last two weeks. She is not showing any signs of cold/flue. Her doc said that since the fever is very high it's not b/c she may be teething and she shows no signs of cold/flu. Doc said that if her fever does not go away he will put her on antibiotics. The baby does not eat/drink anything since she is not feeling well. Mother is very worried. I am reaching out to you to see if you can share any perspective. Thank you, Dhara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 Hello, This type of Jvara (fever) should be considered as a separate disease entity (not just a symptom of some other disease). Jvara as a disease is classified further as vishamajvara (fever that comes and goes). Vishamajvara is further classified into 5 types - santata -continuous fever, satata - fever that rises and falls once in 12 hours, anyeduskha - fever that comes and goes (rises and falls) once within 24 hours, trutiyaka - fever comes and goes every other day (fever on 1st day, no fever on second day, again there is fever on third day), and the last is chaturthaka - fever rises on every fourth day (i.e., patient is afebrile for two days inbetween). Also, any jvara that exceeds the limit of 3 weeks is called as jeerna-jvara. Jvara that is cured, but comes again with same samprapti is called as punaravarti jvara. Again, dosha combination of individual fever patients can be different. Some may have vata+kapha combination (this is most frequent occurance). Some may have pitta predominance. There are different herb combinations for each of these conditions, which give wonderful results. Ama is a common factor for all jvaras. Therefore, initially for first day of fever, langhan (no food) is advised at least give light diet for the first three days. But when two weeks are elapsed the patient cannot be kept on langhana, and some soupy foods such as rice and moong dal boiled with herbs such as ginger plus little ghee and rock salt can be given. Usually patients with fever for such long periods have depleted rasa dhatu. Water boiled with a herb called musta is very useful in such conditions. Dr. Thite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 Hi Dara - Please tell us where you are, nationality and access to terminology and remedies or practitioners such as Dr. Thite has recommended. If possible, talking with him or similarly qualified professional is obviously wise to further define the baby's needs. Do you understand this causative factor called ama at all? Certainly we all are feeling 2 weeks without eating or drinking much is a big concern. If she were my baby, first instinct is to enhance her appetite safely with something like ginger other chai type spices in herb tea, sweetened with a little raw honey. Or the honey in paste of one of the agni enhancing kitchen spices, several times a day plus the spiced warm liquid. Making sure whatever is given the little girl is freshly prepared that day, and served warm. These things help the impaired agni and tend to increase appetite. If there are any contraindications or adjustments to this advice, Dr. Thite and others - they are most welcomed of course. Warmly, Ysha > Dear group, > > I am writing to find out your opinions about a fever that a 11 mth old > baby girl is experiencing for the last two weeks. The baby has been > getting fevers over 100 degrees that come and go over the last two > weeks. She is not showing any signs of cold/flue. Her doc said that > since the fever is very high it's not b/c she may be teething and she > shows no signs of cold/flu. > > Doc said that if her fever does not go away he will put her on > antibiotics. > > The baby does not eat/drink anything since she is not feeling well. > Mother is very worried. > > I am reaching out to you to see if you can share any perspective. > > Thank you, > > Dhara > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Dear All, Thank you very much for your feedback. I shared the feedback with my friend who sends her thanks to you all. The baby had shown signs of cough/cold in the last two days so the connection of the fever was due to the cold/cough/flu of some sort. The good news is that her fever has decreased a lot. The baby has started to eat again and everyone in the family is feeling a lot better. I live in California and my friend with the baby live in Pennsylvania. Best Regards, Dhara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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