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Painless vaccine given to my baby age: 2.5 months on saturday and after that he got fever around 101 so as per doctor advise we have given 15 drop calpol drop but from yesterday temp of my baby reduced to 97 degree so my queries are as follows and both are equally important 1: weather 15 drop calpol oral drop is the right measurement? Weather it can have any severe effect on baby 2: why temp drop to 97 degree whether is it alright or it need to be more than 98 degree please give suggestion on above 2 queries.
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No side effect.
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The dose is calculated based on weight of the baby and if the doctor advised to give 15 drops it is correct in the dose of 10- 15 mg /kg of weight the temperature is not important you need not keep measuring temperature as wrongly done by many parents. It is the not temperature that matters.
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