How high of a fever is too high for a two year old?

Answer 1

Under the following circumstances a toddler with a fever requires immediate medical attention:

* A fever over 105o rectally, 103o armpit, 104o orally; * A conculsion (body stiffens, eyes roll, limbs flail); * Inconsolable crying, or whimping, nonresponsive or limp; * Purple or blue spots anywhere on the skin (cyanosis); * Difficulty breathing after you've cleared the nasal passages; * Neck seems stiff and resists having head pulled forward toward chest; * Onset of fever follows a period of exposure to an external heat source such as the hot sun or closed interior of a car in hot weather; * Suddent increase in temperature if overdressed * The doctor told you to call if he ever experiences a fever; * You have that gut feeling something is very wrong. Behavior is a better gauge of how sick your toddler is. He can be seriously ill but have no fever at all, or have a high fever with a mild cold.

Under the following guidelines, medical attention should be sought as soon as practical (call the doctor's office in the morning or stop by if allowable):

* The fever is over 102.6o rectally, 100.6o armpit or 101.6o orally; * He has history of a chronic illness such as heart, kidney, or neurological disease; * Febrile convulsions or have had them in the past with fever; * Exhibiting signs of dehydration; * Excessive crankiness, lethargic, unable to sleep, sensitive to light, crying more, not eating, pulling at ears; * A low-grade fever for a couple of days that suddenly spikes; * Fever doesn't drop with fever-reducing medication; * A low-grade fever with mild cold or flue symptoms lasting for more than 3 days; * Fever lasts longer than 24 hours when there are no other detectable signs of illness.

Answer 2

1 or 2 times normally but it changes from child to child

if it has 10 fevers a year u should go to a doctor

Answer 3

It shouldn't normally be longer than a week unless there was a severe illness involved

Answer 4

Anything over 100 is cause for concern, anything over 102 is cause for serious concern, anything over 106 is a medical emergency.

Answer 5

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