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When Is a Fever Too High?
With the nasty flu bug making its rounds, there's only so much eating healthy, getting enough rest, washing your hands, getting a flu shot, and avoiding germs one can do. If you're unlucky enough to get the flu, your body will hike up your body temperature to boil away all those germs. So, is there a point when your temperature can get too high?
Baby Wellness: Call the Doc For Infant Fever
Worry comes with the territory of being a new mom. While not all fret-worthy things warrant a call to your lil one's pediatrician, an infant's fever is nothing to chance — especially during flu season. According to the Mayo Clinic:
Mild fevers are common and usually harmless, but it's important to keep an eye on the thermometer.
Home Remedies: Cold and Flu
The colors of Autumn might be lovely, but a few things about the season actually bring me down. I am talking about cold and flu season. If you're unlucky enough to have come down with some bug, you might be able to soothe some of your ailments with ingredients you have in your pantry.
The Skinny On: Peppermint
Two of my favorite treats are a hot mug of peppermint tea and a cold dish of peppermint ice cream. I must also say that candy canes receive an honorable mention.
Peppermint has long been grandma's answer to belly aches and you know what?
Fact or Myth? Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever
"Starve a fever, but feed a cold." This saying plagues me every time I take the temperature of one of my girls. I always wondered if the catchy saying holds any truth.
H1N1: When Should You Take Your Tot to the ER?
Parents have a tough enough time deciphering symptoms between the flu and a cold, and now there is the added confusion of learning the warning signs of the H1N1 virus. Present day parents have a lot to stress about, but knowing the facts puts most of us at ease. Before you fret over the next time your tot spikes a fever, check out this guide for emergency warning signs of H1N1 in children.
Don't "Starve Your Fever"
"Starve a fever, but feed a cold." This saying plagues me every time I take the temperature of one of my girls. I always wonder where I learned it and if it is true.
Are You Taking Your Child to the Doctor More?
Thanks to the H1N1 virus, cold and flu season kicked off earlier than usual this year. Since it's no longer safe to assume that a fever and cough are just symptoms of a pesky cold, worried parents are spending less time diagnosing their ill children and more time heading to the pediatrician to find out what is (or is not) ailing their little one. Many mums have made it a weekly routine even.
Symptoms: Cold vs. Flu vs. Swine Flu
From my corner of the world, it feels like the flu season is striking early this year. The swine flu never really went away and other viruses are lurking out there too. When you start feeling symptomatic, you want to know what you dealing with: a common cold, the flu, or the swine flu.
Colds and the flu
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Diagnosis
- Complications
- Risk Factors
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Medications
- Resources
- References
- On September 28, 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new brand of inactivated influenza ("flu") vaccine, Alfuria, for adults aged 18 years or older. This vaccine is given by injection.
- On September 19, 2007, the FDA approved the use of the live flu vaccine (FluMist) in healthy children as young as 2 years of age.
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