my friend is sick. shes 16 and has a 103-104 fever. does she need special meds or is she gonna be ok if she rests for a day?
Answer:
give her paracetamol to start cooling the temp %26 call the doctor, at that high, a convulsion can happen
She needs a doctor's attention now. 104 degree fevers can cause permanent brain damage. Go immediately to the nearest hospital.
No, I had a fever of 103.8 just last week. She may need some tylenol to lower her fever. I especially recommend taking tylenol if her fever goes above 104. She will most likely be fine in a few days.
Its usualy not the fever that kills you but the medication that you take. When you have a fever that high your body becomes susceptable to different things like some of the chemicals in flu medication. Your best bet is to ride it out =/
even ppl with 101 go to the doctor and she's 104. don't listen to other ppl cause tylenol doesn't always work. go to the doctor and the medicine he prescibes will fix her the fastest.
Your question is "can the high fever kill?" Perhaps you should find out what caused the high fever. It could be serious.
A body temp of 104 can't kill u .. the maximum temperature a body can tolerate is upto 108 ... but usually u don't get upto that level unless it's a heatstroke ... and u would die of dehydration before of just the temperature.
Apart from speaking of dying , ur friend is sick . Every fever has a localizing sign such as a sore throat or a cough or a wound infection or even a rash or just a diarrhoea . but since u have not said anything like that .. it could be a fever withouht a localizing sign which is usually attributed to viral fever ... in which case she would be back to normal in 2 to 3 days ..
My advice to you is to up her on some over the counter drugs like paracetamol 500 mg every 4 hours .. and try this for a day or 2 ... if she does'nt get better or the fever persists or if she develops any localizing sign take her to a doc
cheeeerio ...
NOTE : ( fever leading to convulsions is called febrile seizures which occurs in age groups of 3 months to 6 years . and will not occur in a 16 year old girl unless the cause of the fever is a brain infection such as encephalitis )
My 12 yr old had that temp last weekend.
She also had a sore throat.
The doctor reminded me that she can have Motrin or Advil and then two hour later Tylenol,
That really helped . She felt very cold[ from the fever ] and i did ,manage to get the flannel PJ off and take away a huge warm blanket and replace them with cooler choices. That also helped.
I also had a cool cloth on her head,
The next day she was fine.
If a fever that hi continues, it is time to get to the doctor,If a fever that hi is combine with a sore neck- that is danger time.
Give her a day or two.If nothing helps - go to the doctor. Make sure she is drinking lots of fluids.
Good luck
No, that too is a urban legend. NO fever can kill you, actually. 104 is about regular, 106 is pushing it. The worst a high fever has ever done is caused seizures, and NOT brain damage. The seizures are seen by doctors as harmless as well, and also cannot cause brain damage. A fever by itself is quite harmless.
Asprin can lower a fever, but you might want to worry about what is causing a fever first. If it's something serious, like Strep, you might want to see a doctor.
tell her to take tylenol and head to the doctor - she could have the flu - or a very serious infection
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