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Temperature
Asked by M.W. from Oklahoma City
on November 10, 2010
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At what temperature do you bring a 4 year old to the ER?
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- By 103 I would bring him in if you aren't able to get him to take tylenol and keep it down. A luke warm bath is a good way to brng down his body temp. As the water eva...
- Call the ER, they can tell you when to worry.
- I say 103, if you can't get it to come down. Use Ibuprofen and a tempid warm bath (not too cold, or it could increase fever).
High Fever
Asked by D.J. from Amarillo
on November 30, 2007
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My four year old son has been running a very high fever for three days now. Even with alternating Tylenol and Motrin every three hours, it is still around 101 to 102....
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- DeDe, I know it doesn't help much, but my son runs extremely high fevers as well. Whenever he begins to get warm, we pump him full of motrin. Just know that for a...
- cool bath or cool wash rag on his head.
- sometimes those two don't work and really, it's kind of okay b/c it's their body fighting the infection. i'm not stupid, i know the fever makes them tired and miserab...
Taking Temperature
Asked by K.H. from Detroit
on January 19, 2012
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While in the hospital a couple weeks a go, the nurses took my son's tempersture with a touchless thermometer. Now I want one. Does anyone know where I can get a good...
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- We always recommend our patients take their baby's temperature under their arm. Just put any digital thermometer under his arm, hold it down for a minute and you shou...
- I have the Exergen temporal thermometer. I hate it. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. HTH!
- I have never heard of this but just Googled it... wow! I find it IMPOSSIBLE to take my son's temp accurately. Using a digital thermometer under the arm gives me such a...
How Do I Break a High Temperature??
Asked by C.H. from Chicago
on February 8, 2008
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My son has had a temperature all day. He was up at 5:30am with a temp of 101.+
and I gave him some tylenol and kept him in bed with me and the temp went down. It went...
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- Check with your doctor first, but our doctor and hospital recommend a teaspoon of Motrin and a teaspoon of tylenol mixed together. It's double the recommended dose on...
- Hi! A fever is the way that a body fights infection. If he's not showing any symptoms of pain, I normally just let them ride out the fever if its not too high (under...
- 101 is not really that high. Just do what you are doing, lots of fluids, if it gets much higher you can alternate doses of ibuprofen and tylenol (I found ibuprofen wo...
Temperature?
Asked by C.H. from Buffalo
on May 28, 2012
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How do you check for a fever, reliably, without a thermometer?
are there any other signs of a fever?
on myself, sorry, and i would uses thermometer, if i had one, bu...
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- You can buy a cheap thermometer at any 24hr pharmacy or supermarket (baby aisle). They are less $10. If you need to know this for an adult I honestly wouldn't bother....
- Please rely on taking a temp with a thermometer. I'll tell you why. Some children disguise temperatures extremely well. My 5 year old son has had a fever for severa...
- Well, there really isn't any reliable source other than a thermometer. I know when I'm feverish I get the chills, I feel cold and hot at the same time, and I feel out ...
My Temperature
Asked by A.S. from Lynchburg
on January 3, 2011
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I have been a little concerned about my temperatures lately. I normally run a temp. of 98.7. Now I am running anywhere between 95.4-96.7. I took it this morning and it...
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- It may be that you have become slightly hypothyroid. The thyroid regulates body temperature. An underactive thyroid can make you feel tired/sluggish.
- Temperature varies by person, time of day, what you just did, ect.. All the temps you say you have gotten are in the normal range. I think taking your temp everyday ...
- A.: Why are you taking your temperature every day?! Are you charting for ovulation or what? If you are going to take your temp every day - it needs to be at the ...
Fever
Asked by M.L. from Austin
on October 28, 2009
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my 10 month old has had a fever for about 24hrs and has yet to break his fever.
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- Have you tried giving him luke warm baths? Also try motrin for infants.
- How high is the fever? Have you tried alternating motrin and tylenol?
- alternate tylenol and motrin. it is ok if he has both start with tylenol and if his fever does not go down after a half hour give him motrin. don't give him any more f...
Fever
Asked by K.C. from Chicago
on November 4, 2009
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my 10 wk. old has a 100.4 fever is this common???
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- Hi K., I just have 1 thing to add, after this passes be sure to know your baby's normal temp. & the location of the body you get that temp. One of my kids "normal" was...
- Hi K.! In an infant younger than 3 or 4 months a temperature of 100.4 degrees is considered a fever and a call should be put in to the Dr right away. Right now your...
- Call your pediatrician for this, they will understand. Especially with the crazy flu issues going on these days. For the future I would suggest having a reference bo...
Fever
Asked by M.L. from Lansing
on October 26, 2007
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Can I give my 5 month old tylenol an hour early? My son has had a fever for the past 2 days. He has a doctor's appointment in 10 hours. It seems like his fever alwa...
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- What you can do is alternate between tylenol and ibuprofen. They have different active ingredients. So if tylenol says every 6hrs and ibuprofen says every 8hrs then ...
- Call your doc to find out the dose. If you call Walgreens they don't like to give you the dose info because of the age of the infant. To bring the temp down give the b...
- I know he's already been to the doc but I just wanted to throw out some advice for other moms: Motrin (Ibuprofen) shouldn't be given to children under 6 months. ...
Fever
Asked by D.T. from Orlando
on September 12, 2010
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why is my 4 ayer old son is having fever every 2-3 Weeks?? They have done every test and the Doc can't fine nothing. I need help it is to stressfully!!
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- Does he stay well hydrated? Dehydration can cause fever. How many weeks has this been going on?
- I can understand your fears and worries and your stress. I'm sure your doctor will do everything in his power to figure out the problem or refer you to a specialist i...
- If he is around children then he is being exposed to constant germs. The best thing is for him to develop fever and burn off whatever is coming. It's called having an ...
