Anonymous

2 years

Male 32 age with G6PD have High Fever

Hi Dr. I have G6PD age 32 male any medicine can I take beside ibuprofen for high fever 40.2

Thank you for your questions. The following answers regarding your current queries are just general descriptions due to the limited information provided by you. Click on this link (DoctorOnCall) for a private consultation with our doctors.

First and foremost, we truly understand your concerns regarding your symptoms. From your complaints, the body temperature is considered as high grade fever. There are a lot of reasons that can cause high fever and some of them are critical illness.

For your information, ibuprofen is used as pain reliever as well as antipyretics medication. Taking this drug without doctor’s advice may be harmful to you as you are having G6PD illness.

In order for us to provide you with an accurate choice of treatment and management, we need additional details to explore further into your current complaints. Therefore, we greatly suggest that you refer this to your nearest medical doctor. You may also click on this link (DoctorOnCall) to speak with our doctors online for free. We assure you that our conversations are kept in confidentiality unless additional consultation needed with other medical parties. Thank you.

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