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Should I Be Worried About Low Body Temperature?
my son is 10 months old. yesterday he had fever his temperature was 101. we called doctor and gave medicine today his temperature is down but is shows 95-96 whether this temp is OK or not ? do we need to give him some warm up ...and need to increase a temperature because when i checked on internet lots of sites shows that normal l temperature is 97 for 10 month baby . kindly assist
Mon, 4 May 2015
Hi....nothing to worry about a temperature of 95-96 while recovering from viral illness.
The danger signs of lower temperature include - skin mottling, low urine output, fast breathing, seizures, skin rash etc. If these are not there you need not worry.
Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
The danger signs of lower temperature include - skin mottling, low urine output, fast breathing, seizures, skin rash etc. If these are not there you need not worry.
Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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