#AskTheExpert Hi sir, my son who's of 5 months now..his body is warm like how we will have when we have fever.and after sometimes it looks normal from 2 days I can observe the same..should I consult doctor or what needs to be done

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Fever is  when  the temperature of the body goes above 99 degree fahrenheit and the safest medicine in such situation is paracetamol which can be repeated after 6 hours again if required in a proper dose . Alternative medicine can also be tried if required like ibuprofen and mefenamic acid preparations.
cold spongcing of thfe whole body with tap water can be beneficial too to bring the temperature down .

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their mother if you feel so you must check it with the help of a thermometer thermometer is the showing you high fever definitely you need to say doctors observation sometimes kids are hot at head and this is generally because of the heating processor and kids have high temperature at the head normally but proper checkup should be made in case any kind of disturbance is seen such as the baby is crying ki or is not passing motion and urine properly