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Great question. Coach Virginia answered this question best, and it is amazing how hot our little babies/toddlers can get! A high fever of 104F in an infant is considered "normal", whereas the same high fever in an adult can indicate a serious problem.

My son's temperature has risen to the 104F degree level, and he also experienced febrile (fever) seizures. It is scary, and once the paramedics arrived to our house, he had stopped seizing (actually, his seizing lasted only 60 seconds, although it felt like it was 60 years!)

Doctors recommended to us that we give our son a regimen of acetaminophen and ibuprofen alternatively around the clock until his fever had diminished. In fact, I recently read an article at Empowher (https://www.empowher.com/news/2008/09/03/kids-fever-time-cut-using-ibuprofen-first) that if you give children ibuprofen first (followed by acetaminophen), it can reduce their fever for longer periods of time.

The researchers conducting the study found, "After 24 hours, children given both medicines experienced 4.4 hours less time with fever than those who received just paracetamol, and 2.5 hours less time with fever than children who received just ibuprofen."

That is enough evidence for me to give my son ibuprofen first, followed by acetaminophen (following the directions on both labels); the fever was reduced by almost half the time in their study of over 150 children!

December 7, 2008 - 3:43pm

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