question: Hi. My son is 10 and has had a temperature of 38.5 since Saturday and now 38.8. He has sore throat, tender to touch stomach pain and upper leg pain. I have been continually giving him ibuprofen 10ml and paracetamol 10ml every 4 hourly. His heart is racing continually but I guess this is due to fighting infection. I make sure he is not covered up to help fever lower but doesn t last for long. I feel like the medicine is not helping very much, maybe 1 hour and then shoots up again. He continually feels like vomiting but hasn t and was given amoxicillin Saturday by walk in clinic GP which have been giving 2 times a day. He seems to be worsening. His saliva is very dry but give him sips of water. Hasn t eaten anything since Saturday afternoon. Thank you. Mum