Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy1 Year agoA. 2 minutes
when you take the temperature in the armpit of the child with the help of a digital thermometer and if it is 99 f (37 c) or more then you consider it as fever or when you take the temperature in the oral cavity of the child and if it is 100 degree fahrenheit then you consider it as fever and then paracetamol is given.
along with paracetamol continue body sponge and keep the child in light clothes.
paracetamol can be repeated maximum four times per day
Author of questionMom of a 2 yr 2 m old boy1 Year agoA. #askdoctor
my baby is 14 months old
he has mild fever in underarm (98) that means 99
my doctor said he has throat infection and now it solved
but now also it shows 99
my pedt.said put mercury thermometer only for 1 min in underarm
but i put 2 min, and he said bcoz of that it shows temperature high
now I'm very very confused
whether my baby has fever or not
RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl1 Year agoA. Basically for a 32nd time or so because that is how you are going to register the temperature till the time the temperature is in register you cannot take it off and thermometer take a longer time than usual so it’s better to use the digital thermometer as you reading very very fast
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