The more a parent knows about a child's special health needs, the more effective he or she will be when responding to an illness or emergency. To help you prepare for a fever, here's some information from the American College of Emergency Physicians. A. Believe it or not, fever in itself is not an illness. In fact, elevated body temperature is one of the body's ways of fighting infection.
Fever is one of the most common reasons for parents to visit a pediatrician with their child.
Children tend to have an average of nine upper respiratory tract infections a year that include fevers, and children in day-care or preschool tend to have more. However it is a sign that infection may be present. Therefore, when a child has a fever, the focus should be on the child, and the possible infection, and not the reading on the thermometer. Cries constantly, continuously, or without relief. Is difficult to awaken.