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My 8 month old baby has had a fever of 102 axillary


Sent to Health Experts February 11, 2006 12:02 a.m.
My 8 month old baby has had a fever of 102 axillary for 2 days now. I took her to her peditrician today and she has an ear infection (the 5th one since november) but I cannot get her fever down with tylenol or motrin. she is red faced and fussy, cranky and not drinking very much formula and she is not playing like normal. should I be worried and take her to the hospital?

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Female , Age: * months

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light clothing, sponge baths, tylenol and motrin
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February 11, 2006 12:10 a.m. (8 minutes and 34 seconds later) 		ACCEPTED Check Mark
There is a big differential for febrile illness. If she is having fever for 2 days, it could be because of ear infection. If the baby is on antibiotics for ear infection, and still having persistant fever, other causes of fever need to be ruled out. Probably a septic workup needs to be done. I recomend taking her to the hospital for these tests if fever persists for 24 hours.
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