Fever is a common sign of the disease. But this does not always mean that it is bad. In fact, fever may help fight infections. Do you have to deal with fever or let the fever run its path? Here’s help to know what to do.

These suggestions are for people who do not have serious health problems. This means that they do not have a pent -up immune system, do not take chemotherapy medications and have not undergone surgery recently.

In the table below is temperatures with the rectum and oral heat. These thermal measures give the best basic body temperature scale.

Other types of heat standards include ear heat measurements, called stable measuring measuring scales and forehead temperature standards, and thermometers are called temporal artery. It is easy to use, but it does not measure the temperature either.

Babies and young children
age Temperature What to do
0-3 months 100.4 F (38 C) or straight top Contact your child’s health care profession, even if your child does not have other symptoms.
3-6 months Up to 102 Fahrenheit (38.9 ° C), it was taken straight Make your child rest and drink fluids. Your child does not need a medicine. Call your child’s health care specialist if your child seems more strange than usual, has a little energy or uncomfortable.
3-6 months Above 102 f (38.9 C) it was straight Call your child’s health care specialist, who may suggest that you bring your child for an exam.
6-24 months Above 102 f (38.9 C) it was straight Give your child acetaminophen (Taylinol, others). If your child is 6 months old or older, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others) as well. Read the label to make sure to give the correct dose. Do not awaken your child to give a fever medicine. Do not give aspirin to a baby or a young child. Acetaminophen and ibuprofen do not have aspirin. Call your child’s health care specialist if the fever does not respond to the drug or last longer than one day.
children
age Temperature What to do
2-17 years old Up to 102 Fahrenheit (38.9 degrees Celsius), it was straight Make your child rest and drink fluids. Your child does not need a medicine. Call your child’s health care professional if your child appears to be an eccentric, or has a little energy or complains of severe discomfort.
2-17 years old Above 102 Fahrenheit (38.9 ° C) it was straightforward for children For discomfort, give your child acetaminophen (Taylinol, others) or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others). Read the label to make sure to give the correct dose. Make sure not to give your child more than a drug that contains acetaminophen, such as some coughing and cold medicines. Do not give aspirin to children or adolescents. Do not awaken your child to give the medicine to fever. Call your child’s health care specialist if you do not respond to the fever of the drug or last longer than three days.
Adults
age Temperature What to do
18 years old and above Up to 102 Fahrenheit (38.9 ° C) Comfort and fluid drinking. You do not need a medicine. Call a healthcare professional if there is also a bad headache, harsh neck, shortness of breath, or other symptoms.
18 years old and above Above 102 f (38.9 C) it was taken orally For discomfort, take acetaminophen (Taylinol, others), ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others) or aspirin. Read the label to make sure to take the correct dose. Make sure not to take more than one medicine with acetaminophen, such as some coughing and cold medications. Call a healthcare professional if you do not respond to the fever of the drug, or remains at 103 F (39.4 C) or higher or lasts longer than three days.

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