When the fever medicine wears off, the fever will come back. It may need to be treated again. The fever will go away and not return once the body overpowers the virus. Most often, this is day 3 or 4. If the fever is high, the cause may or may not be serious.
If your child looks very sick, the cause is more likely to be serious. How your child looks and acts is what's important. The exact temperature number is not. Oral temperatures between These temperatures are normal. The body's normal temperature changes throughout the day. It peaks in the late afternoon and evening. Keep in mind that fever is fighting off your child's infection. Fever is one of the good guys. Financial assistance for medically necessary services is based on family income and hospital resources and is provided to children under age 21 whose primary residence is in Washington, Alaska, Montana or Idaho.
For more information, see Website Privacy. Skip to navigation menu Skip to content. High Priority Alert. Close alert. Informational Alert. Fever - Myths Versus Facts. A number of over-the-counter medications lower a fever, but sometimes it's better left untreated. Fever seems to play a key role in helping your body fight off a number of infections.
You have a fever when your temperature rises above its normal range. What's normal for you may be a little higher or lower than the average normal temperature of Children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years might experience febrile seizures. About a third of the children who have one febrile seizure will have another one, most commonly within the next 12 months.
To take a temperature, you can choose from several types of thermometers, including oral, rectal, ear tympanic and forehead temporal artery thermometers. Oral and rectal thermometers generally provide the most accurate measurement of core body temperature. Ear or forehead thermometers, although convenient, provide less accurate temperature measurements.
When reporting a temperature to your or your child's doctor, give the reading and explain how the temperature was taken. Fevers by themselves may not be a cause for alarm — or a reason to call a doctor.
Yet there are some circumstances when you should seek medical advice for your baby, your child or yourself. An unexplained fever is greater cause for concern in infants and in children than in adults. Call your baby's doctor if your child is:. There's probably no cause for alarm if your child has a fever but is responsive — making eye contact with you and responding to your facial expressions and to your voice — and is drinking fluids and playing.
Ask your child's doctor for guidance in special circumstances, such as a child with immune system problems or with a pre-existing illness.
Call your doctor if your temperature is F Seek immediate medical attention if any of these signs or symptoms accompanies a fever:.
Fever occurs when an area in your brain called the hypothalamus hi-poe-THAL-uh-muhs — also known as your body's "thermostat" — shifts the set point of your normal body temperature upward. When this happens, you may feel chilled and add layers of clothing or wrap up in a blanket, or you may shiver to generate more body heat, eventually resulting in an elevated body temperature.
Normal body temperature varies throughout the day — it's lower in the morning and higher in the late afternoon and evening. Although most people consider Sometimes the cause of a fever can't be identified. If you have a fever for more than three weeks and your doctor isn't able to find the cause after extensive evaluation, the diagnosis may be fever of unknown origin.
Children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years may experience fever-induced convulsions febrile seizures , which usually involve loss of consciousness and shaking of limbs on both sides of the body. Although alarming for parents, the vast majority of febrile seizures cause no lasting effects.
Most seizures stop on their own. These cells actually "eat-up" the invading organism. The body is busy trying to make natural antibodies, which fight infection. These antibodies will recognize the infection next time it tries to invade.
Many bacteria are enclosed in an overcoat-like membrane. When this membrane is disrupted or broken, the contents that escape can be toxic to the body.
They stimulate the brain to raise the temperature. Fever is not an illness. It is a symptom, or sign, that your body is fighting an illness or infection.
Fever stimulates the body's defenses, sending white blood cells and other "fighter" cells to fight and destroy the cause of the infection. Children with fevers may become more uncomfortable as the temperature rises. Along with a body temperature greater than Your child may feel warm or hot. Remember that even if your child feels like he or she is "burning up," the measured temperature may not be that high.
The symptoms of a fever may look like other health conditions. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, if your child is younger than 3 months of age and has a temperature of
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