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Your answer is insane and shocking.

• dllthomas 7y ago
  It seems to square with the recommendations from the Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20352759 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fever/symptom...
• dragonwriter 7y ago
  Here's the AAP recommendation on fever: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/fever/Pages/When-to-Call-the-Pediatrician.aspx https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/condit... A 103°F fever (again, on its own) in your kid as a parent is scary, yes—I’ve been through it with two kids under four in the past week. It's not an emergency, though, and the ER isn't the right place to deal with it. Not only isn't it cost effective, but because the ER mandate is emergency stabilization which a kid in that condition doesn't need it's not plain effective (not even in most of the cases with that degree of fever where medical attention is called for: not only do you pay far more than you will for a primary care visit, you don't get the diagnostic attention you'd get from a proxy care visit.)
• gdubs 7y ago
  I’m not a doctor, so the usual disclaimers, but with three kids this has generally been our experience — young ones get some ridiculously high fevers by adult standards and generally, if they clearly have a virus, it’s not something too freak out about. The big exceptions are if they’re really young — like still babies — or if they’re not themselves: can’t stand up, overly weak, not eating or drinking. My main point of contention is around using the internet as a diagnostic tool — much better to call an advice nurse if you have access to one.