What should I do if my child has a fever?
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Dr. Joel Fuhrman answered:The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) does not recommend treating your child with antipyretics (fever-reducing drugs), even with higher temperatures. As its website states: "Fevers generally do not need to be treated with medication unless your child is uncomfortable or has a history of febrile convulsions. The fever may be important in helping your child fight the infection. Even higher temperatures are not in themselves dangerous or significant unless your child has a history of seizures or a chronic disease. Even if your child has a history of a fever-related convulsion and you treat the fever with medication, they may still have this kind of seizure ... If he is eating and sleeping well and has periods of playfulness, he probably doesn't need any treatment."
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) does not recommend treating your child with antipyretics (fever-reducing drugs), even with higher temperatures. As its website states: "Fevers generally do not need to be treated with medication... More -
UCLA Health answered:A child’s fever can be anxiety-provoking for many parents, who often do anything possible to bring their child’s temperature back to normal. But parents should understand that a fever may actually benefit generally healthy children.
A report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) attempts to clarify guidelines for treatment of fevers and to remind parents that a fever is usually just the body’s natural defense mechanism against infections. Lowering a fever may actually prolong an illness. The AAP recommends that, in general, parents should only treat a fever if it makes their child feel uncomfortable.A child’s fever can be anxiety-provoking for many parents, who often do anything possible to bring their child’s temperature back to normal. But parents should understand that a fever may actually benefit generally healthy children. A... More
