What is the cause of a one time fever?
My son (3yrs) woke up with a mild fever in the middle of the night. His temp was 103, I gave him some Ibuprofen and cold juice and laid down with him. This morning he is fine, no fever, no cold symptoms nothing…What could be the cause of this?
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My daughter used to get unexplained fevers when she was little. Later on, she got scarlet fever, which is caused by an untreated strep infection. Apparently, she had a raging strep infection, with absolutely no symptoms. I didn’t know anything was even wrong with her until her face turned bright red! Once we knew that could happen, we had her tested for strep when fevers occurred out of nowhere, and found out she had strep like 5 times in one year. Our best guess is that she’d probably had strep many times in her younger years, with no symptoms except those fevers. If he seems at all off, or develops a red face, I’d take him to the doctor just to be sure he doesn’t have strep.
Lots of things. Newborns immune systems are inexperienced and babies and our own bodies are bombarded with all sorts of germs, bacteria and viruses every second of every day. Your babies hands are probably in its mouth most the time too and bringing all sorts of ickies into it’s body! Not a bad thing either as it is all part of growing up and developing a strong immune system.
My son (now 5 months) has already had two fevers. I ran to his pediatrician each time. She told me a fever in a child (with no other symptoms) is not necessarily something to worry about unless it is:
-high (this will depend on child’s age. I believe for a 3 year old it would be anything over 103).
-lasts for longer than a day
-is accompanied by vomiting or another symptom.
If your child has not been immunized, it could be a symptom of a much larger and more serious issue. I would assume, however, (as a 3 year old) this is not the case. My son’s first fever was before any immunizations. So, he needed a series of tests (he hadn’t yet had the Pneumococcal vaccination or meningitis vaccination).
If you are concerned, you can always call your pediatrician. I call ALL the time, maybe it’s a first time parent thing. If you look online I recommend a “good” site, something like mayo clinic.
Good luck! I hope the little guy feels all better!
Unexplained fever is called idiopathic fever. Children get fevers for everything. Their immune systems seem to pump out fever for any small trauma to their bodies. Young children get fevers with the common cold, adults almost never do. Just because someone is diagnosed with idiopathic fever doesn’t mean there is really no cause in my opinion, it just means we have not figured out the cause.
Some children also get fevers when they are teething, so if he has any new teeth coming in, it might be related to that. My son always got a fever when he was little and had new teeth coming in.
@Seaofclouds beat me to the answer! My daughter would get immensely high grade fevers just before her teeth would come in. Usually it can mean infection like a cold but you said he didnt have cold symptoms.
Fever itself is not life-threatening unless it is extremely and persistently high, such as greater than 107 F (41.6 C) when measured rectally. Fever may indicate the presence of a serious illness, but usually a fever is caused by common infections which are not serious. The part of the brain called the hypothalamus controls body temperature. The hypothalamus increases the body’s temperature as a way to fight the infection. Keep an eye to make sure it is not a reoccurrence if it comes back multiple times make a doctors appointment.
Good luck!
@Simone_De_Beauvoir At what age do molars come in? He has some that his dentist called 6 year molars…Do toddlers his age get molars?
He woke up completely fine today, I did notice some stuffyness in his sinus, but I asked him did he feel ok and he said yea. I also asked him if he felt hot the night before (basically seeing if he remembered feeling ill the night of the fever) He acted like I was being crazy and asked me to let him go play! He says “no momma i not sick feeling…can I go to playground with shianna now” So I assume it was just a random thing, but Ill keep my eye open, Thanks for the comments!
@Baddreamer27 Yeah I think toddlers his age can get molars (well, really, they’re called molars) even though most get them around 2 years of age.
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