How Do You Treat High Fever In Children?
“Hi, I’m Dr. David Hill and today we’re going to talk about how to treat a high fever in children. So the first question is: what’s a high fever? Well, we consider a fever anything over a hundred point four degrees, taken rectally, anything over ninety-nine degrees taken in the armpit, although that’s not a terribly accurate way to measure temperature, or anything over ninety-nine point nine degrees taken under the tounge. There also ear thermometers which are read like an oral temperature that may not be terribly accurate and more sophisticated temporal artery thermometers. When a fever gets over about a hundred-two, we start thinking that there may be something more going on then a simple virus. When a fever reaches a hundred-four, we recommend calling your doctor for advice. And if it’s over a hundred-five, your child should probably be evaluated within the next several hours as opposed to waiting for the next day. I want to clarify though, it’s not because fever is going to hurt yo
