I have not heard of toddlers having severe fevers (over 104) every month. Just to be clear, your toddler had a seizure and fever, which was diagnosed as roseola, last summer. Since that time, he's had high fevers (without the seizures and roseola) at least once a month?
I have heard from pediatricians that toddlers can have numerous colds and other illnesses (several per month) when they are around other kids...either when they're younger in playgroups or preschool, or when they start kindergarten. Is your son around other kids often? It is not a "bad thing" for them to get colds and other illnesses; it's kind of a matter of either now or later (as their immune systems build up). So, knowing that frequent illnesses are a norm for toddlers, perhaps your pediatrician is saying that your son's body reacts to these illnesses by a fever?
I guess my concern is how high these fevers are, each time he has an illness. Is his temperature the high spike (above 104) each time? I am not a doctor, but if this were my son with extremely high fevers on a regular basis, I would get a second opinion. Toddlers are more prone to high fevers, so please know this is also common for this age. I just have not heard about the frequency of "at least one per month"...I will look into this more and get back soon!
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I have not heard of toddlers having severe fevers (over 104) every month. Just to be clear, your toddler had a seizure and fever, which was diagnosed as roseola, last summer. Since that time, he's had high fevers (without the seizures and roseola) at least once a month?
I have heard from pediatricians that toddlers can have numerous colds and other illnesses (several per month) when they are around other kids...either when they're younger in playgroups or preschool, or when they start kindergarten. Is your son around other kids often? It is not a "bad thing" for them to get colds and other illnesses; it's kind of a matter of either now or later (as their immune systems build up). So, knowing that frequent illnesses are a norm for toddlers, perhaps your pediatrician is saying that your son's body reacts to these illnesses by a fever?
I guess my concern is how high these fevers are, each time he has an illness. Is his temperature the high spike (above 104) each time? I am not a doctor, but if this were my son with extremely high fevers on a regular basis, I would get a second opinion. Toddlers are more prone to high fevers, so please know this is also common for this age. I just have not heard about the frequency of "at least one per month"...I will look into this more and get back soon!
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