Warm food or drink also can raise the oral temperature. It is a normal response to infections.
Fever helps fight infections by turning on the body s immune system.
Most fevers with viral illnesses last 2 to 3 days. OME CARE Acetaminophen. You can give acetaminophen to children older than 2 months. Remember that fever is helping your child fight the infection. Ibuprofen reduces fever as well as acetaminophen.