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Fever, Age 11 and Younger
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To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment.
You can help your child's doctor diagnose and treat your child's condition by providing the following information:
- The history of the fever, including:
- When did the fever start? Did it come on suddenly or increase over several hours?
- Are you able to measure your child's temperature? How high is the fever?
- Does the child have any other symptoms?
- Does your child have frequent fevers?
- How often does your child get a fever?
- How long does the fever usually last?
- Has your child had any other health problems during the past 3 months?
- Has your child been eating, drinking, and playing normally?
- Has anyone else in your family been ill?
- Is your child in day care? If so, have any other children at the facility been ill?
- Has your child recently traveled outside the country?
- Has your child recently had close contact with immigrants or nonnative people?
- Has your child had any animal or insect bites (including ticks) in the past 6 weeks?
- Does your child have any health risks?
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: April 14, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | William H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine | |
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