Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 I will tell you my oldest whom is now 11. When she was 2 she ran this horrid fever had a seizure from it and all it was 105 when i pulled hte thermometer out and called 911 during her seizure. They ran test after test and NOTHING her white cells were elevated a bit we spent 4 days in the hospital and on the 3 day her eye teeth and part of one of her molors come it the fever broke. She ran the fever again like a mo later and the rest of her molars come in. I dont know if it ws the teeth alone but it sure contributed. I do believe some kids react strongly to there teeth and it for some reason effects there immune system. I did the same as a child 2 of my chj ildren ran high fevers with teeth and 2 didnt. Drs will tell you know but I feel different. But again its best to use your judgement best of luck Amy mommy to 4 chelsea, carrigian, michael, chaela <A HREF= " http://www.theforgotten.com/vaccines " > </A>D<A HREF= " http://www.vaccinetruth.org/ " >Id you know ?</A> <A HREF= " http://babiesonline.com/babies/c/chaela/ " > My beautiful kids </A> Need a baby sling Ask me I make them. www.picturetrail.com/chevy974 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 Both of my older boys (baby has no teeth yet) ran 105 with eye teeth. Hopefully that's what it is. Generally (really generally) speaking, fevers that high tend to be viral. There's a ton of viral stuff going around right now. If tylenol makes him more comfortable and you, use it! I do if I have to. I think as long as you aren't going overboard, it's fine. I did talk to someoen recently who knew someoen that gave their child tylenol as soon as their temp hit 99. (forgive the spelling, i'm too lazy to correct it) I think that's crazy. The chance for febrile seizures is the reason I continue to use tylenol & motrin. Hope he feels better soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 All of my kids so far have had high fevers & /or diarrhea when cutting their eye teeth. The vast majority of peds will tell you that teeth don't cause fevers, but practically every mother I know knows better ;-) When one of mine runs a fever, I usually give an herbal blend by Herbs For Kids called " Temp Assure " which doesn't force the fever down but helps support the body to work with the fever. If there is pain involved, I'll give the Herbs For Kids " Feverfew " or homeopathic Arnica(depending on what the pain is from). Jan El Paso, TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 My oldest got a fever, runny nose and an ear infection EVERY time she got a tooth! Luckily my younger two didn't have that problem. :-) Ohio )0(~~~)0(~~~)0( Mom to Brittany, born 8/31/93, dx'd-IDDM 5/28/01; , born 6/28/97; and Shayna, born 6/1/00. Before you vaccinate - http://www.vaccinetruth.org/ ICQ - 5368224 MSN - cerena_noir@... - jessica_anne010@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 Let's not forget the time-honored way to cool down the body -- less clothes, cool washcloth, cool bath. I remember having double mastitis after my daughter was born. I wouldn't let anyone check the temp of my fever. I felt *so* cold. I filled the tub with straight hot water and laid in it for what seemed like a long time. I could not stop shivering and every few minutes would add more hot water because I could not stay warm enough. It was like I was *driven* to hotter and hotter water. Finally, I felt the fever starting to break. When I got out of the water and thought I could feel it had gone down quite a bit, I checked it and it was 104. In a few hours the fever was gone and so was my mastitis. I had taken no medicine (some herbal stuff probably, I don't remember for sure.) I credit my quick recovery to the high fever. I'll never know how high it had been. This isn't meant to be medical advice (to help a fever go higher), but just an anecdotal account of a high fever being beneficial. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 I was thinking that as well, , but didn't have the resources to back it up. My children never get tylenol or motrin anymore. Homeopathy works wonders for a fever!! Kay i'd say giving tylenol could be very, very dangerous! hilary butler has written an article about this subject, http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/May2001/onAnalgesics.htm hth, claudia --- in IL <tgdamron@...> wrote: > Both of my older boys (baby has no teeth yet) ran > 105 with eye teeth. Hopefully that's what it is. > Generally (really generally) speaking, fevers that > high tend to be viral. There's a ton of viral stuff > going around right now. If tylenol makes him more > comfortable and you, use it! I do if I have to. I > think as long as you aren't going overboard, it's > fine. I did talk to someoen recently who knew > someoen that gave their child tylenol as soon as > their temp hit 99. (forgive the spelling, i'm too > lazy to correct it) I think that's crazy. > > The chance for febrile seizures is the reason I > continue to use tylenol & motrin. > > Hope he feels better soon. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 Thanks for all the stories about your kids' high fevers! Aidan's broke this morning between 5 and 8am. It's completely gone. I don't see any new teeth yet, but the last couple times fever was followed by teeth there were a few days in between. He has yet to get his eye teeth and second year molars. And who knows, maybe it was viral. On Sun, 25 May 2003 08:40:23 -0600 " Jan " <jgonz@...> writes: > The vast majority of peds will tell you that teeth don't cause > fevers, but practically every mother I know knows better ;-) I read this to my husband and added, " Maybe pediatricians should have to take a class from mothers! " To which he answered, " Maybe pediatricians should have to BE mothers! " > When one of mine runs a fever, I usually give an herbal blend by > Herbs For > Kids called " Temp Assure " which doesn't force the fever down but > helps > support the body to work with the fever. If there is pain involved, > I'll > give the Herbs For Kids " Feverfew " or homeopathic Arnica(depending > on what the pain is from). Okay, never heard of this stuff, but I'll have to have some on hand for next time. Is there a website? What would you have given in my situation? He just woke suddenly, crying hard. When it's 5:30am and Baby's screaming and all you have is Tylenol, well, I couldn't not give him anything. I just couldn't. But at least I didn't give it every four hours like I probably would have done a year ago, even though both sets of grandparents thought I should have. A bath at that time would have made things worse. A good friend's 2yo had a febrile seizure just last Tuesday, making this fever stuff a little more difficult. She stopped breathing, turned blue, scared everyone. And her temp a couple minutes before the seizure was only 102, so it must have spiked soon afterwards. They use Tylenol frequently (her mom was going to get it just as the seizure started) -- does that make febrile seizures more likely? If so, is there an article about this somewhere? I'd like to share the information with her. (And my parents.) wrote: This isn't meant to be medical advice (to help a fever go higher), but just an anecdotal account of a high fever being beneficial. ---- No problem, and I tend to agree. But it's hard to explain that to a 20mo. Not only that, but he can't tell me what might help him feel better. :-) If he hadn't been screaming when we discovered the 105.3 temp, I don't know what I would have done, but as it was, I had to do something. , thank you for the article about Tylenol being dangerous. I will read it and probably print it to share with some others. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 I have given temp assure by herbs for kids. Re: OT: high fever I was thinking that as well, , but didn't have the resources to back it up. My children never get tylenol or motrin anymore. Homeopathy works wonders for a fever!! Kay i'd say giving tylenol could be very, very dangerous! hilary butler has written an article about this subject, http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/May2001/onAnalgesics.htm hth, claudia --- in IL <tgdamron@...> wrote: > Both of my older boys (baby has no teeth yet) ran > 105 with eye teeth. Hopefully that's what it is. > Generally (really generally) speaking, fevers that > high tend to be viral. There's a ton of viral stuff > going around right now. If tylenol makes him more > comfortable and you, use it! I do if I have to. I > think as long as you aren't going overboard, it's > fine. I did talk to someoen recently who knew > someoen that gave their child tylenol as soon as > their temp hit 99. (forgive the spelling, i'm too > lazy to correct it) I think that's crazy. > > The chance for febrile seizures is the reason I > continue to use tylenol & motrin. > > Hope he feels better soon. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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