There's growing evidence that reaching for the Tylenol or Advil when you have a low fever might not be the best thing for you.
Viruses, as it turns out, are very susceptible to temperature...and holding a mild fever down might actually keep you sicker, longer.
Not to mention that those medications have side effects and liver damage issues of their own.
No one suggests that a high fever is good, but for a mild fever, letting it run it's course just might be the best medicine.
That being said, health care practitioners suggest there ARE some common sense guidelines as to when a fever is, in fact, not mild at all
- A child under three months has a fever over 100.4 or exhibits any serious symptoms
- A child has a fever over 104 as this can signal a more serious infection or poisoning
- A child has a fever for more than two consecutive days
- The ill person has other symptoms like stiff neck, listlessness, or sensitivity to light
- The person is unable to hold down food for more than a few hours or shows any signs of dehydration
- Person exhibits any sign of respiratory distress (Seek immediate help)
- Person has been exposed to toxins or poisons that may have caused the fever
- Your intuition says there is something more serious going on, even if the child appears fine
Stay healthy, my friends.
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