In other news, it has been reported that water, which covers a substantial area of the planet, is wet. Details at 10.
Temperature is part of the immune response.
As long as the temp stays below 101.5, drink lots of water and you’ll be fine ( this includes children)
Once it gets to 101.5, continue with the water but check your temp about every two to three hours.
If it exceeds 101.5, up to 101.9, if you develop a headache, or just feel so crummy that you don’t care if the house falls down around you, you could take some Tylenol or advil or aleve to bring down the temp and help with the crummy feeling.
With children, if they are running and playing and eating and drinking and they have a low grade fever (100.6-101.5) make sure they stay hydrated and give them finger foods and they should be ok. But… if they get clingy or act sluggish and don’t want to eat or drink and they have a fever, take them to a doctor or urgent care clinic.
For baby’s. Keep them hydrated and monitor the number and weight of wet diapers. Babies will dehydrate quickly and decompensate in a hurry. If they stop drinking/nursing for more than a day, get them to an urgent care clinic or ER.
Have a good day.
When my son’s fever spiked as a baby, I took him to the emergency room. There, I took off his jacket and pajamas and began wiping him down with a damp, cool (not cold) cloth. Within a minute, the cloth was almost dry and warm. More water, more wiping. I was pulling the heat from him slowly and he stopped crying.
The triage nurse watched me carefully as he processed patients. When it was our turn, my son’s fever was down by a full degree. “Good job, Mom,” he mentioned in passing. “You’d be surprised how many parents leave their kids all bundled up and they are in rough shape when we get to them.”
Thankfully, an inner ear infection. Some antibiotics and he was good to go.
Letting a fever run its course is one thing; allowing it to stay elevated is dangerous. Bring it down gently to avoid shocking the system and always get a high fever checked. Better safe than sorry.