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Teething & fever

(I'm being a total PW today! Sorry!)

If your DC had a fever while teething, what was it? Holly has had a lowgrade fever (99-100) for the past couple of days, and today it was 102 (rectally) :-(... I'm worried now that it's something more than just teething and a cold. This is her first real fever... Any thoughts/tips?



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Re: Teething & fever

  • Ill be a reply whore then... If the motrin/tylenol can reduce it I wouldn't be too worried. Didn't she recently get a flu shot? That can cause fevers as well. I would only really be concerned if the meds didn't reduce it. When alex got h1n1 his fever spiked each afternoon to around 102-104. And when it would spike the meds wouldn't touch it. Don't know if flu was your concern or not but thought I would share.
  • I don't think a teething fever goes higher than 100.5 or so ... but I could be wrong?!
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    Ill be a reply whore then... If the motrin/tylenol can reduce it I wouldn't be too worried. Didn't she recently get a flu shot? That can cause fevers as well. I would only really be concerned if the meds didn't reduce it. When alex got h1n1 his fever spiked each afternoon to around 102-104. And when it would spike the meds wouldn't touch it. Don't know if flu was your concern or not but thought I would share.

    Yes, I very much have H1N1 on the brain, but I'm trying not to get too worked up about it yet. Tylenol and/or Motrin does reduce the fever. What other symptoms did Alex have? Holly has had a cough for over a week, and a runny nose for several days. It doesn't seem much different than regular colds that she's had though, aside from the fever and crankiness. Ugh. Just in time for our trip on Thursday. :-(



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  • Mads doesn't usually get a fever with teething,  but when she has it's been really low, like under 100. I'd say as long as it's going down with Tylenol/Motrin, you can wait a couple of days (or at least until Monday) to call the pedi. The only time she's gotten really sick, the Tylenol/Motrin didn't bring the fever down.

    Hope she is feeling better soon :(.

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  • He was super congested.....has lots of coughing, and his mucus was that yellow/green color. He was puny acting, not eating/drinking as much as normal. Alex is a kid who normally very active - and he was taking more naps than normal, crying out in his sleep, waking up throughout the night. Nights were waaaaaay worse than the days.
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    He was super congested.....has lots of coughing, and his mucus was that yellow/green color. He was puny acting, not eating/drinking as much as normal. Alex is a kid who normally very active - and he was taking more naps than normal, crying out in his sleep, waking up throughout the night. Nights were waaaaaay worse than the days.

    Ugh, this sounds a little too familiar. Sad Fantastic. 



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  • Hopefully not hughes!!!!
  • So -- with our history of fevers, let me impart this little bit of wisdom from 6+ doctors, 2 pediatrician offices and Brenner Children's Hosp. They all say that there is no such thing as a low-grade fever, that it's not a fever until it's over 100.4 rectally.

    I've been told by 2 drs that teething doesn't cause a fever -- I know better. Both my babies get up to 101 or so with teething.

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  • My daughter has had a history of fevers with teething.  Typically mild.  She also loses appetite and is irritable and tired.
  • AT runs a low fever with teething, but at 102 I would worry too. Its never that high....its usually 99-100. GL, I hope its not anything serious....it may be her ears still.
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