Fever that does not pass even taking medicine for the indicated time should be investigated.
Fever is a mechanism of our body of increase body temperature in the presence of some infection, autoimmune disease or a alert situation. Usually, at the onset of a febrile condition, people use some type of medication to reduce or stop the fever. After using these medications and not improving the condition or the onset of other symptoms, the person should seek a health service to investigate the origin of this fever and proceed with the specific treatment indicated.
When some infection is confirmed, it can usually be indicated the use of antibiotic to treat the infection, destroy the micro-organism causing the infection and, as a consequence, end the mechanism that is producing the fever. The antibiotic should be used for the time indicated on the prescription.
If, even after use or after the medication has stopped, the fever persists, seek the health care provider again for a reevaluation.
