Fever and Your Child

Fever is a common symptom of childhood illnesses. Learn about other fever symptoms, such as chills, irritability, and hallucinations, and fever symptoms that can help you figure out what kind of infection your child has, including a cough, earache, or sore throat.

Parents often worry when their child get a fever, which is there is even a term to describe how parents sometimes get over-concerned or overreact to fever -- fever phobia. Learn why you shouldn't panic when your child has a fever though and what you should do instead.

Review what might happen if your baby or young infant develops a fever, including the typical tests that a doctor orders in the ER as part of a septic work-up, including a spinal tap.

Get help deciding which thermometer is best to help you check your child's temperature so that you can figure out when he has a fever.

Here are the results of our Medical Symptom Checker to help you figure out what is causing your child's medical symptoms.

Review whether or not you should wake up your toddler to check his temperature or give him a fever reducer, such as Tylenol or Motrin, to treat his fever when he is sleeping.

Review when you should call your Pediatrician when your infant, toddler, or older child has a fever.

Learn what to do about your child's fever, including a description of what a fever is, effective treatments, including using acetaminophen and ibuprofen, and things to avoid.

Review what to do about a child who has a prolonged fever and is not getting any better.

Roseola is a common viral infection of early childhood and commonly causes a high fever which is followed by a rash once the fever breaks.

Urinary tract infections are common in children, causing fever and pain with urination (dysuria). Kids with a UTI should be treated with antibiotics and may have to undergo testing to make sure they don't have reflux.

Scarlet fever is commonly throught of as strep throat with a rash, and in addition to fever and sore throat, your child will have a red rash that feels like sandpaper.

Check symptoms and treatment of fever in children in the Fever in Children section of the About.com Symptom Checker.

Submit your parenting tips for coping with common issues and problems related to parenting a child with a fever. What works for you?

Learn about possible side effects of getting vaccinated with the MMR vaccine.

Fever in children is a common symptom in many childhood illnesses. Learn how to recognize and treat fevers.

In addition to a rash, red eyes, swollen glands, and swelling of their hands and feet, children with Kawasaki Disease have a high and spiking fever for at least five days.

Information for parents about fever in children from the American Academy of Family Physicians, including how to take a rectal temperature.

Fever is a common symptom in children. Understanding fever can help combat fever phobia and teach parents when it is appropriate to treat a child's fever with a fever reducer, such as Tylenol or Motrin.