My 7 year old has a fever and can't keep his medicine down?

If your pharmacy doesn't carry Tylenol rectal suppositories, place your son in a cool bath and let him soak. Give him popsicles and cold drinks to sip. If he allows, use towel covered ice packs at the armpits and groin. Try crushing the Triaminic and putting it in a little pudding or applesauce. Use only enough food to mix the med - about a teaspoonful. You may also be able to give him the Tylenol this way.

Later today you can give him a small meal and have him eat slowly, small bites. He should be able to keep most of it down. I really think it's premature to consider taking him to an ER.

Take him the emergency room ASAP, if he canot hold his meds down he won't get better and 102 fever is bad. Put cold compresses on the back of his neck.

If you're an adult, a fever may be uncomfortable, but it usually isn't dangerous unless it measures 103 F or higher. For very young children and infants, however, even slightly elevated temperatures may indicate a serious infection.

Because a fever can occur with many different conditions, other signs and symptoms can often help identify the cause.

Most fevers go away in a relatively short time — usually within a few days. Not all fevers need treatment with medications. And it's possible for fever medications to have side effects, especially for the very young.

A fever occurs when your temperature rises above its normal range. What's normal for you may be a little higher or lower than the average temperature of 98.6 F. But a rectal temperature higher than 100.4 F is always considered a fever. A rectal temperature reading is generally 1 degree Fahrenheit higher than an oral reading.

Depending on what's causing your fever, additional fever symptoms may include:

Sweating

Shivering

Headache

Muscle aches

Lack of appetite

Dehydration

General weakness

Very high fevers, between 103 and 106 F, may cause:

Hallucinations

Confusion

Irritability

Convulsions

Fever-induced seizures

About 4 percent of children younger than age 5 experience fever-induced seizures (febrile seizures). The signs of febrile seizures, which occur when a child's temperature rises or falls rapidly, include a brief loss of consciousness and convulsions.

Although these seizures can be extremely alarming, most children don't experience any lasting effects. Febrile seizures are often triggered by a fever from a common childhood illness such as roseola, a viral infection that causes a high fever, swollen glands and a rash

Medical treatment depends on the cause of your fever. Your doctor will likely prescribe antibiotics for bacterial infections, such as pneumonia or strep throat. For viral infections, including stomach infection (gastroenteritis) and mononucleosis, the best treatment is often rest and plenty of fluids.

Over-the-counter medications

Your doctor may also make a recommendation about using over-the-counter medications, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others) to lower a high fever. Adults may also use aspirin. But don't give aspirin to children. It may trigger a rare, but potentially fatal, disorder known as Reye's syndrome.

The downside of lowering a fever

If you have only a low-grade fever, it's not advisable to try to lower your temperature. Doing so may only prolong the illness or mask your symptoms and make it harder to determine the cause.

Some experts believe that aggressively treating a fever actually interferes with your body's immune response. That's because the viruses that cause colds and other respiratory infections thrive at cool temperatures. By producing a low-grade fever, your body may actually be helping eliminate a virus.

You can ask the pediatrician for suppositories but this is only if the child is really lethargic and very sick. At 7 years old he might break this fever within 24 hours, he is still feverish tomorrow make an appointment. Try putting him in a tepid bath to cool down the fever, 102 isn't bad, 104/105 is bad. He may just may have a cold or the flu its NOT bad when they are playing and talking.

My child had the same problem for a long time and I always had to use rectal suppositories, when administering medication or else it would just come back up.

But, I would also call my pediatrician and/or take my child to the emergency, right away.

Hope this helps.

have you tried pedalyte? try giving him a cool bath to keep him cool if he still cant keep the meds down. if all else fails call the doc he/she will know what to do!!