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When to see a doctor for a fever Dr. Ricciardi recommends seeing a doctor for a fever if you have any of these symptoms: The fever lasts for longer than 72 hours
Rarely a fever may trigger a febrile seizure, with this being more common in young children. [4] Fevers do not typically go higher than 41 to 42 °C (106 to 108 °F). [6] A fever can be caused by many medical conditions ranging from non-serious to life-threatening. [13]
Wholesome Foods. First, you need to make sure that your family is eating good, wholesome foods regularly. For instance, you should strive to have your family eat at least one homecooked meal per ...
When to Worry About Having Chills Without a Fever Chills that go away quickly on their own likely shouldn’t be concerning. But, if they keep coming back and persist, it’s time to call your ...
Postpartum infections, also historically known as childbed fever and medically as puerperal fever, are any bacterial infections of the reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage. Signs and symptoms usually include a fever greater than 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), chills, lower abdominal pain, and possibly bad-smelling vaginal discharge.
Children with febrile convulsions are more likely to have a febrile seizure in the future if they were young at their first seizure (less than 18 months old), have a family history of a febrile convulsions in first-degree relatives (a parent or sibling), have a short time between the onset of fever and the seizure, had a low degree of fever ...
Neonatal sepsis is a type of neonatal infection and specifically refers to the presence in a newborn baby of a bacterial blood stream infection (BSI) (such as meningitis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, or gastroenteritis) in the setting of fever. Older textbooks may refer to neonatal sepsis as "sepsis neonatorum".
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