Talk to Pediatrician on Toddler's Frequent Illness

wa'aly kum slaam and jazak'illah kher for your reply.. yes he has a sibling who is school going. but my concern is that after 2 years of age he gets viral infections easier than before and everytime he gets better with the help of antibiotics... which I don't want at all as antibiotics have some side effects...
whenever he gets fever he urinates frequently and he gets thirsty again and again.. sometimes his eyes gets itchy specially when he has high fever as the fever gets low he gets normal and starts playing... I need to know that can he get well without using antibiotics? and after how long an antibiotic should b given to a toddler? what Should be the gap between this period?

Dr. Maha Ashraf - Pediatrician

MBBS, MRCPCH | Rawalpindi | Book Appointment

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if its a viral infection antibiotics won't work anyways,so prescribing antibiotics during viral infection in itself is a crime...the condition u mentioned looks like adenovirus infection which causes mild upr respiratory infection as cough runny nose flu like symptoms with redness in eyes...these illness generally doesn't require antibiotics they heal on its own,just supportive measures fever medicine, rest fully ,hydration and proper diet is required.
As far your other question generally 3to4 months is considerably safe if its more than 6 months is better in between antibiotics, 2nd thing is if you undertreat the bug then also it happens child doesn't recover fully and bug bounce back with force.
hope I answered your questions