Fever in Infants: How to Care for your Baby when they have a Fever

What is fever in infants ?

We all know a fever is an abnormally high body temperature. Technically the key number is 98.6 F(37C), however in reality, we consider a person has a fever when his body temperature is above 100.4 F (38C). This little article will make you understand clearly about the fever in infants so that you, as a parent, you will know what to do when your baby has fever.

How can I check out the baby body temperature?

You can check out your baby body temperature first with your hand. To have a specific temperature to see if you need bring your baby to the doctor, you can use a thermometer. Some thermometer is better than other , mostly in term of rapidity measuring.

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Common causes of fever in Infants

We can list out here some very common causes of fever in babies/infants: teething, vaccination, night sweats and get cold. Other than that there are more serious cause of fever:

•  Rubella
•  Convulsion Fever, or Febrile seizures as it’s more commonly known
•  Malaria
•  Flu

High Fever in Babies Less Than Three Months.

•   0-28 days old and 38 C or higher: you need to bring him/her to hospital right away.
•  29-90 days old considered as high risk if they have any of the following:  a toxic clinical appearance, an abnormal cry, or a fever of 38.5 C or higher. In this case you should bring him/her to hospital as well.

On the other cases, check out now how taking Care ofYour Baby with a Fever at Home in our baby blog.