Non-Medical advice to help a child with the flu?

My friends son is 10ish. She's going to take him to doc, so nothing medical.





But what can she do @ home?


He currently has a fever of 103Non-Medical advice to help a child with the flu?
My dad is a firefighter and thus was a paramedic. He told me (when he thought I might have swine flu) to drink water or watered-down juice - and to stay away from sodas.





I just got over a stomach virus or something - which I know is completely different, but here's what I did, just in case you think it could help.





I was feeling achy so I took Aleeve (which worked better than Day/NyQuil), but I wasn't drinking or eating much. Again, I think drinking water is one of the best natural ways to flush something out. I slept a lot, and when I was feeling better (since at some points it hurt to stand straight), I went for a walk with my dog in the afternoon.





My guess would be that a cool bath (not too cold) would help, to counteract the fever. You should probably give him a blanket if he's cold, though, because it's terrible to deal with the chills without one.Non-Medical advice to help a child with the flu?
Children do not need to see a doctor for the flu unless they are vomiting and cannot keep anything down. She needs to be giving her child tylenol or motrin regularly for fevers/aches/sore throat and the dosage should be based on his weight, not his age. Increased fluids, rest, over the counter cough medication if any cough is present and running a humidifier in the bedroom where he sleeps. In addition to the non-stop vomiting that should take him to his doctor would be if he has any serious, underlying health conditions. Otherwise, she can treat this herself at home and in about 5 days, he should be improving. There is no medication that will make this better other than tylenol or motrin.
this is going to sound a little old school medical but it's not get him some theraflu that is always helpful you may not need to take him because it really helps get rid of the flu but just get him a shot at the docs. I have some theraflu for when I was sick and I got better in like one day.
give him a cold bath and give him a lot of cold drinks and get him to a doctor