What is meant by a fever?
Fever is an elevation of body temperature above normal. When a child has a fever, your body is responding to external aggression, usually an infection by viruses or bacteria.
Fever is thus a symptom or sign of alarm as a result of the body’s defense mechanism against something that is bothering. In short, high temperature is a primary barrier of the body to prevent the infection progress.
The normal temperature ranges from 36 º C to 37.5 C (degrees Celsius). For practical purposes it is considered a fever when the child’s temperature exceeds 37.5 ° C. when taken rectally
Mild fever or feverishness: from 37.0 C to 37.5 º C rectal or 38 axillary
Mild fever: from 37.5 C to 38.9 º C axillary
High fever: More than 38.9 º C axillary