The high temperature is not always a symptom that you are considered a fever. Although the temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is considered normal, many people who remain healthy, despite the level of body temperature above the average temperature. In general, anyone who has an oral temperature of more than 99 degrees F may be considered to have a fever.
However, body temperature is always fluctuating up and down, the temperature usually reaches its lowest point in times of morning and highest in the afternoon or evening. This type of thermometer you use to measure body temperature, also makes a difference. Rectal thermometer is usually much more accurate, and the reading is higher, compared with an oral thermometer.
Taking the temperature of the body in the mouth after you drink hot coffee, or soup, can be misleading because you tend to think of getting a fever than in normal circumstances (not drinking beforehand).
Other factors that normally affect the temperature of your body including:
• Wearing too much clothing
• Exercise
• Hot or humid climate
• Hormones (high levels of progesterone can increase the temperature, so the lower a woman's body temperature is increased following ovulation)
If you already get rid of the factors that allegedly misleading diagnosis, and your temperature range from 99 degrees F, you can already be considered a fever.
Call your doctor if the fever...
• Attack of children aged under 6 months.
• In case of a child, when the temperature exceeds 101 degrees F orally or 102 degrees F in rectal and this number did not want to go down within 48 hours after efforts to reduce fever.
• Lasts four to five days (especially in the case of adults)
• Coupled with other symptoms, such as stiff neck, sore throat continuously, diarrhea, cough, vomiting, lethargy or earache.
Usually the fever is less than 104 degrees F are harmless and require no special care. But if fever makes you uncomfortable, or remain high more than 104 degrees F for long periods of time, you have to be careful.
To help reduce fever...
• Drink fruit juice, water and fluids other complementary
• Shower and wash your body with the foam with the water temperature lukewarm (about 70 degrees F).
• Do not wrap yourself in layers of blankets or heavy clothing
• Avoid excessive exercise
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Minggu, 20 November 2011
How to lower a fever?
They caution, that fever is the body's natural mechanisms to fight disease and lower fever can make the pain so much longer.
One of the things that make parents anxious and scared is when the child's temperature suddenly increased rapidly. Without delay, the parents would tend to bring their children to the hospital.
According to a study report of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggested that parents do not act too quickly. They caution, that fever is the body's natural mechanisms to fight disease and lower fever can make the ill so much longer. AAP recommends, parents are encouraged to do special treatment, if the fever began to make the child feel uncomfortable.
Sometimes parents think if they lowered the fever children, the children will sooner the better, but fever is a sign of disease, and it is way to slow down the body expel germs for them. Fever is one of the triggers to produce more white blood cells. If you make the fever go down, then your child may not make enough white blood cells needed to fight infection. Families need to remember that when a child has a fever, it is a symptom, not a major problem. Fever may be beneficial, so parents need to look carefully what caused the fever, not the fever itself.
Still according to the AAP report, which was published in Pediatrics in March, suggesting instead to dwell on the thermometer, parents better attention to the child's behavior to decide whether it should give fever-lowering drugs or not.
If your child is eating and drinking well and still do some activity, although not as active as in normal times, and the children looked a little uncomfortable, why do you have to eliminate the body's natural defense mechanism?
However, once your child is listless and generally uncomfortable, then the pain-reducing medication and fever, such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen, may be used. Give medication in accordance with the instructions and dosage indicated on the packaging or consult with a physician in accordance with the age and weight of the child.
APP prudence warned well in drug delivery, because it is very risky and could be life threatening. Because in previous research about half of the parents proved to not give the right dose to their child.
Parents are encouraged not to give anti-fever medication adults to children, even though the tablet is divided or broken up smaller by getting the right dose. It is important to use a special drug for children and according to the dose or measuring tools provided.
AAP also warns parents not to give aspirin because it is identical with the potential risk of life-threatening, the condition called Reye's syndrome. The AAP also recommends not to compress with alcohol because too much alcohol can be absorbed by the skin. In general, the AAP report stated parents should be vigilant and contact the doctor if the following occur.
• Infants under 3 months has a fever of 38 degrees Celsius or more
• Infants between 3 to 6 months with fever 39 degrees Celsius or more
• Children older than 6 months with fever 39.5 degrees Celsius or more
• Young children with fever accompanied by fatigue, lethargy, headaches, skin rashes, difficulty breathing or dehydration.
One of the things that make parents anxious and scared is when the child's temperature suddenly increased rapidly. Without delay, the parents would tend to bring their children to the hospital.
According to a study report of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggested that parents do not act too quickly. They caution, that fever is the body's natural mechanisms to fight disease and lower fever can make the ill so much longer. AAP recommends, parents are encouraged to do special treatment, if the fever began to make the child feel uncomfortable.
Sometimes parents think if they lowered the fever children, the children will sooner the better, but fever is a sign of disease, and it is way to slow down the body expel germs for them. Fever is one of the triggers to produce more white blood cells. If you make the fever go down, then your child may not make enough white blood cells needed to fight infection. Families need to remember that when a child has a fever, it is a symptom, not a major problem. Fever may be beneficial, so parents need to look carefully what caused the fever, not the fever itself.
Still according to the AAP report, which was published in Pediatrics in March, suggesting instead to dwell on the thermometer, parents better attention to the child's behavior to decide whether it should give fever-lowering drugs or not.
If your child is eating and drinking well and still do some activity, although not as active as in normal times, and the children looked a little uncomfortable, why do you have to eliminate the body's natural defense mechanism?
However, once your child is listless and generally uncomfortable, then the pain-reducing medication and fever, such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen, may be used. Give medication in accordance with the instructions and dosage indicated on the packaging or consult with a physician in accordance with the age and weight of the child.
APP prudence warned well in drug delivery, because it is very risky and could be life threatening. Because in previous research about half of the parents proved to not give the right dose to their child.
Parents are encouraged not to give anti-fever medication adults to children, even though the tablet is divided or broken up smaller by getting the right dose. It is important to use a special drug for children and according to the dose or measuring tools provided.
AAP also warns parents not to give aspirin because it is identical with the potential risk of life-threatening, the condition called Reye's syndrome. The AAP also recommends not to compress with alcohol because too much alcohol can be absorbed by the skin. In general, the AAP report stated parents should be vigilant and contact the doctor if the following occur.
• Infants under 3 months has a fever of 38 degrees Celsius or more
• Infants between 3 to 6 months with fever 39 degrees Celsius or more
• Children older than 6 months with fever 39.5 degrees Celsius or more
• Young children with fever accompanied by fatigue, lethargy, headaches, skin rashes, difficulty breathing or dehydration.
Does teething in children cause fever?
Often we find children who are teething, have a fever. Actually, teething does not need cause to be followed by fever, then why did this happen?
Parents believe that when a child is teething is usually accompanied by the emergence of a fever. And children who grow teeth do not have to have a fever, because fever may arise indication of infection.
Parents often blame a variety of diseases that arise as a result of growing new teeth, including a fever. But the study found that the teething process causes no changes in body temperature.
Fever in children occurs when body temperature rises to 38 degrees Celsius, which indicates the presence of infection. But if the temperature reaches 39 degrees Celsius or more then an advanced indication of a serious infection.
While the symptoms that appear in children during teething vary widely, some children do not have Whatever the reaction, but most experienced swelling in the gums and cheeks are flushed.
Inconvenience that may arise in children when treated with a gel that can deliver drugs ease the pain when the tooth grows. But if the baby is breastfeeding then avoid its use because it can create numbness and difficult infant feeding.
When the teeth will grow, children feel discomfort in the gums, and the instinct for gnawing will appear along with teething.
The instinct to bite is not really a problem, it will stimulate the release of mechanically stimulate teeth and jaw growth.
Problems may arise because parents generally can not completely control what is bitten by children. The object is dirty or harsh and sharp so it will hurt the child's gums will cause an infection of the gums. It would be better if parents give you something to bite and can provide benefits, such as special biscuits for toddlers, or rubber toys from chewy to bite without hurting the gum, but must be kept clean.
If a child finds a fever, give the child febrifuge are sold freely, do not forget to pay attention to dose according to age. If the fever does not go down in three days take the child to the doctor to get proper treatment, do not give antibiotic therapy without the advice of a doctor.
Jumat, 21 Oktober 2011
Fever in toddlers
Fever in toddlers is a frequent problem happened, and not the least we as parents easy to panic so directly to the pediatrician and hope for a speedy recovery. Actually, if we knew what it was fever and how to overcome them, not always we have to go the doctor.
What is Fever
Fever is a condition when your toddler's body temperature reached more than 38C and the process consists of three phases,
• Shivering until body temperature reaches its peak
• The temperature settled
• The temperature decreases.
Fever is also a mechanism of the body to fight disease, due to high body temperatures can kill the virus (which can be increased in number at low body temperature). So better not to treat low grade fever.
Increase in body temperature caused by the circulation of small molecules in our body called pyrogens (substances trigger the heat). This substance is also useful to mobilize white blood cells to the site of infection and the occurrence of this increase could be due to pyrogens,
• Infections
• Non-infections, such as allergies, teething, malignancy, autoimmune (an error "program" in the body where the organs of our body alleged to be "enemy" and attacked by our own immune system.
Between the two causes above, the fever is more often caused by infection, can by bacteria or viruses and in most cases (more than 75%), infection is caused by a virus, especially the baby and toddlers.
So it can be concluded that the fever is not a disease but a symptom, and symptoms will not disappear if the cause is not addressed. So when the child is given febrifuge, in a few hours the heat up again, this happens because the hot-lowering drugs do not cure the illness.
Then what is the use fever-lowering medication? the point is to lower body temperature, so that body temperature does not continue to increase and so that children feel comfortable (pain killer), but not to normalize body temperature! Once again please remember - fever is not an illness - symptoms and fever are the most important - look for the cause.
If the cause is a viral infection such as colds or flu, the remedy is simply time. Do not give antibiotics because antibiotics can not kill the virus
How to overcome fever
• Drinking a lot because fever can cause dehydration.
• Compress the child with warm water.
• Give febrifuge, acetaminophen or paracetamol or paracetol, tylenol, according to dose. When febrifuge given? When the temperature is above 38.5C, or if the child is uncomfortable. Let's not give fever medicine if the heat is too high (below 38.5C).
The principle in dealing with fever
Below are the things we should do if the child has a fever as recommended by the Mayo Clinic USA and AAP) American Academy of Pediatrics):
• Find out the cause of fever.
• Do not panic! generally fever, not life threatening.
• Observe the child's behavior.
When the temperature is too high the child is still cheerful, active and want to play, then we need not panic.
• Do not give fever-reducing medication when the fever is not high.
• Knowing when to worry and call the doctor
When to call the doctor?
Below is a guide created by the American Academy of Pediatrics:
• If your baby in less than 3 months old with body temperature reaches 38C or more.
• When babies aged 3-6 months with body temperature reaching 38.3C or more.
• If baby & children over 6 months old with body temperature reaches 40C or more.
• Do not want to drink / have become dehydrated.
• Crying continuously.
• Sleep continuously.
• Seizures
• Shortness of breath, restlessness, vomiting or diarrhea.
What is Fever
Fever is a condition when your toddler's body temperature reached more than 38C and the process consists of three phases,
• Shivering until body temperature reaches its peak
• The temperature settled
• The temperature decreases.
Fever is also a mechanism of the body to fight disease, due to high body temperatures can kill the virus (which can be increased in number at low body temperature). So better not to treat low grade fever.
Increase in body temperature caused by the circulation of small molecules in our body called pyrogens (substances trigger the heat). This substance is also useful to mobilize white blood cells to the site of infection and the occurrence of this increase could be due to pyrogens,
• Infections
• Non-infections, such as allergies, teething, malignancy, autoimmune (an error "program" in the body where the organs of our body alleged to be "enemy" and attacked by our own immune system.
Between the two causes above, the fever is more often caused by infection, can by bacteria or viruses and in most cases (more than 75%), infection is caused by a virus, especially the baby and toddlers.
So it can be concluded that the fever is not a disease but a symptom, and symptoms will not disappear if the cause is not addressed. So when the child is given febrifuge, in a few hours the heat up again, this happens because the hot-lowering drugs do not cure the illness.
Then what is the use fever-lowering medication? the point is to lower body temperature, so that body temperature does not continue to increase and so that children feel comfortable (pain killer), but not to normalize body temperature! Once again please remember - fever is not an illness - symptoms and fever are the most important - look for the cause.
If the cause is a viral infection such as colds or flu, the remedy is simply time. Do not give antibiotics because antibiotics can not kill the virus
How to overcome fever
• Drinking a lot because fever can cause dehydration.
• Compress the child with warm water.
• Give febrifuge, acetaminophen or paracetamol or paracetol, tylenol, according to dose. When febrifuge given? When the temperature is above 38.5C, or if the child is uncomfortable. Let's not give fever medicine if the heat is too high (below 38.5C).
The principle in dealing with fever
Below are the things we should do if the child has a fever as recommended by the Mayo Clinic USA and AAP) American Academy of Pediatrics):
• Find out the cause of fever.
• Do not panic! generally fever, not life threatening.
• Observe the child's behavior.
When the temperature is too high the child is still cheerful, active and want to play, then we need not panic.
• Do not give fever-reducing medication when the fever is not high.
• Knowing when to worry and call the doctor
When to call the doctor?
Below is a guide created by the American Academy of Pediatrics:
• If your baby in less than 3 months old with body temperature reaches 38C or more.
• When babies aged 3-6 months with body temperature reaching 38.3C or more.
• If baby & children over 6 months old with body temperature reaches 40C or more.
• Do not want to drink / have become dehydrated.
• Crying continuously.
• Sleep continuously.
• Seizures
• Shortness of breath, restlessness, vomiting or diarrhea.
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