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Fever in children is a symptom that worries parents too well and should be identified to adequately address the origin

A symptom of disease of great concern to parents, is fever, and is only touching the face, neck or stomach of our son or daughter, we realize that are warmer than normal. But not enough to know what they are warmer than normal, it is important to check the thermometer through how high is the fever, because it depends on immediate care and prevention of further damage, because if the thermometer hits more than 38 °, it will be necessary to take the child with your pediatrician to identify either the source of the fever and give appropriate treatment to control the disease that is causing.

Fever is not a disease but a symptom of many, usually of infectious or inflammatory, caused by some external agent, poisoning, allergies, rheumatic problems, neurological disorders and malignant tumors and certain mental processes. It is believed that fever is a reaction of self-defense, as the fever’s mission is to tire and reduce the enemy that may be a virus, bacterium, fungus, parasite or toxic substance active

Other manifestations that accompany fever are chills which, on trying to level the body temperature and acceleration of heart palpitations.

Although fever is very concerned and very disturbed, generally not dangerous to 39 °. Importantly, the body temperature is not the same in young children than in adults as in infants, the normal temperature is about 37 °, while in adults is 36 °. Usually newborns can not run a fever until 4 weeks old, because their system thermostat is not fully developed.

Also varies during the day, morning is usually lower than 5 ° at night, so when it comes to fever can reach 37.5 or 38 ° and is dangerous when it exceeds 41 degrees, as it can be put in life threatening or cause severe brain disorders. A temperature of 42 ° is tolerable only for a moment and causing severe brain damage and even death.