A single arm clinical study to evaluate the antipyretic effect Of Febrikid Suspension in Febrile Children.

Fever is very primary clinical feature of most of illnesses and it is very primary sign that lead to individual for seeking the medical aid and forcing the physician to investigate the case. Ranging from the simplest common cold to severe most carcinomatous situation, fever is the important sign which can’t be ignored. Fever causes the feeling of uneasiness and discomfort, along with loss of appetite, tastelessness, irritability as its cardinal subjective feeling. Apart from this increase in body temperature is alarming physiological sign which should be taken in account on priority basis. Therefore, to reduce the body temperature is the main aim of therapy while treating fever as disease or fever as a symptom of other underlying disease.

Fever is one of the most common presenting signs of illness in office-based pediatric practice, and is present in 19% to 30% of encounters. There are on average 8 visits for fever per child per year, one quarter of which are for fever 39°C, is a lower bound of the actual rate. Fever in children is one of the most common manifestations of illness, which makes the parents to seek medical attention early. Fever occurs when various infectious and non-infectious processes interact with the host’s defense mechanism.

Because of immature immune system of children, they are more prone to infections in which fever is one of the symptoms. Fever is most commonly associated with self-limited viral illness, but may be the presenting feature of occult bacteremia which, untreated, can lead to meningitis or other serious sequel.4Hence it is obligatory to control fever in early stage.

Fever is the commonest presentation of many diseases of childhood and is of very primary or of utmost concern as children may have chances to get febrile convulsion as one of the deadly complication of fever in paediatric age group. Considering this early intervention for fever in children is highly essential.