TEMPERATURE

is 38 degrees C too high a temp for a 8mnth old? we have given him pamol half an hour ago but no lowering of temp. hes just sittin on my knee moaning. should i take him to ER? or wait til tomorrow and see the dr???
Thanks in advance

i just feel so stupid when we take him to the drs and they make out that i wasted their time. but a fevers a fever right

dh and i have decided that we will check is temp agian at 7.30 and if it is still 38 we will take him in to hospital. Unless of course we notice anything else wrong before then. What is a good temperature for him to be?

My general rule of thumb is if it's 39 or over then I take them to the doc/ER immediately, if it's above 37 but under 39 I give them pamol and reassess in 1/2 hour. If it's come down a bit then I usually hold off on going to the doc and see how things progress, but if pamol doesn't bring it down then I go to the doc.

It also depends on the symptoms tho, a highish fever with no other symptoms is worrying whereas if they obviously have a cold or virus then it's less concerning.

how did you get on? hope bubs is ok.

Jayden had temps from 38-40 when he had a UTI and I had the ambulance out twice (we live rurally) we ended up in hospital because of the how he was with the fever (vomitting, limp, etc) and pamol didnt control it he ended up neeidng iv fluids and antibiotic but in saying that they werent concerned with the fever alone in hospital as they said that a fever is a good thing showing that the body is fighting infection although in saying that in future I will keep an eye on how Jayden appears if his temp gets that high again and also Pamol takes 30min to 1 hour to bring temp down

Well we took henry to a and e last night at 7.30pm because i checked his temperature and it was 39.2 after having pamol at 5pm. They were very keen to see him and checked him out thoroughly. We were there until 3am because we had to wait for henry to do a urine sample and all has come back clear they think he just has a bit of a blocked up system. They gave him ibroprophen (spelling) and that brought his fever down and ive been instructed to give him pamol every 6hours for the next two days. So other than a very tired household henry is fine. No fever today but definately not very well. Thanks for all the advice and help. And i have come to the decision that i wont feel quilty about taking my child to the dr anymore because it could save his life and since im not a dr im not capable of knowing when something is really wrong and when its fine. Thanks again everyone