“Should you wake a sleeping child to give fever reducer?”
My son is 8 years old and he has a high fever. Should you wake a sleeping child to give fever reducer?
3 Answers
PediatricianPediatrician
Yes, you need to monitor the progress of the fever, the progress of your child’s illness and your child’s response to the fever reducer. The frequency of your monitoring should be dependent on the level of illness and the stability of the child’s vital signs—color, breathing, heart rate. If you are uncertainty of your observations, you should contact your child’s physician or seek help from an immediate care facility or emergency room.
If the temperatures is above 102 then wake him and give the medicine
If the fever is greater than 100.5F
