Dr. Thein Aung is presently a Professor and Head of Department of Child Health, Institute of Medicine, Yangon Children Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar. Professor Aung is also the Programme Manager of IMMCI/WCHD, Vice-President of Myanmar Medical Association and President of Paediatric Society of Myanmar.

At 1:00 am on February 20, 2006 Prof. Aung received a patient, a female child aged 4 years with severe febrile convulsion. She caught fever in the afternoon of February 19 and her temperature rose to 1020 F abruptly at about 8:00 pm. She was tried with paracetamol syrup, but immediately vomited out the medicine. However, her temperature fell slightly afterwards. But at 11.30 pm her temperature rose again and this time it went high up to 1040 F. At 12:30 noon, she developed severe convulsion and was taken to the emergency department of Yangon Children Hospital. Prof. Aung immediately applied diazepam to stop the convulsion and after the convulsion subsided he applied NapaŽ Suppository to control the temperature. Within half an hour her temperature came down to normal.

During my long career as a paediatrician, I saw many cases of acute febrile illness, sometimes associated with convulsions in young children, especially under 5 years of age. This is an emergency situation and an urgent control of hyperpyrexia is one of the important goals of management. With introduction of paracetamol suppository (NapaŽ suppository) my job became very easy and effective. I have been using NapaŽ suppository for the past 5 years.

Professor Thein Aung MBBS, FRCP(Edin.), DCH(London), FRCPCH, Dr. Med.Sc. Professor and Head of Department, Department of Child Health, Institute of Medicine, Yangon Children Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar.

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