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My guess is the down vote comes from someone thinking your comment sounds like you don't have any children or know what you are talking about. You don't give ib
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My guess is the down vote comes from someone thinking your comment sounds like you don't have any children or know what you are talking about. You don't give ibuprofen for pain during a fever, though doctors will say it can help because often times the source of the fever will cause pain like an ear infection or strep throat, you give it to reduce the temperature. There is a serious risk of seizure in children if you let fevers run high. So to say you don't have to give them anything is certainly not true in many cases and in fact could be life threatening to just ignore. That would be my guess to the down vote. I have multiple kids and never has the thought in my mind been I will give them analgesic for the pain of their illness. It is about the temp 100% of the time. I do not like to take drugs nor give them to my children if avoided but certain things you must treat. Fever is one.
- logicchains 8y agoAccording to the first article I found while Googling, https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/well/live/fever-infection-drugs-tylenol-acetaminophen-ibuprofen-advil-aspirin.amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/well... : "The best evidence suggests that there is neither harm nor benefit to treating a fever with fever-reducing medications like acetaminophen or ibuprofen." "In 1997, these data led to a large, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of ibuprofen in 455 patients with sepsis, a life-threatening infectious condition. In this study, ibuprofen failed to prevent the worsening of sepsis and failed to decrease the risk of death." The science doesn't seem to support the notion that reducing fever will reduce the risk of fatality in the general case. I had assumed the same thing also applied to children, as before this thread I'd never heard of children getting seizures from fever (at least not from any of the children/parents I knew growing up in rural Australia).
- stolsvik 8y agoWhy do you not help your kids when they are in pain?! This is truly shocking to me, it is definitely a cruel and inhumane sentiment.
- logicchains 8y agoPainkillers are not side effect free; if the pain is something minor, like a bruised knee or normal headache, it's not unreasonable to decide that experiencing the pain is a better choice than risking the side effects of a drug, which in uncommon cases can be much more severe and long term. It's not as clear cut as "helping" vs not helping, as unfortunately we don't yet have any side effect free painkillers.
- ada1981 8y agoYou could also teach your kids meditation techniques to be deployed when in pain.
- coldtea 8y ago"Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis" (Jack Handey)
- ada1981 8y agoUnsure why this got downvoted, meditation has been show to reduce pain up to 90%. Seems like teaching kids to meditate would have all sorts of benefits, including drug free pain management. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mindfulness-in-frantic-world/201501/can-mindfulness-meditation-really-reduce-pain-and-suffering https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mindfulness-in-frant...
- ada1981 8y agoCan someone please explain the downvotes? Do you not like the idea that meditation can mitigate pain? Don’t think it’s true? Find it wrong to teach kids? What?
- distant_hat 8y agoAlso, the pain sometimes keep activity low which may help with healing. If I give my kid something pain relieving he'll be up and bouncing around and could hurt himself more.