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They are now being exposed to what ijust the usual viruses. and of course now they are becoming unwell. 1a—month—old theo was seriously unwell. two weeks ago, he ended up in a&e. i was really frightened. very scared. especially because he had all the spots all over his body. you always think the worst. and with a high temperature, as high as it was, you know, we were thinking that it was something seriously wrong. a&e is the correct place to take a child in an emergency. but there are times when parents should trust their instincts. fever phobia is so common. and it is everywhere in the co...

Should trust their instincts. fever phobia is so common, and it's everywhere in the community where people get worried about the fever rather than their child. and what i try and tell people is, if you're just worried about the symptoms, if you think the child is fine, it's just the fever you're worried about, orjust the diarrhoea orjust the vomiting, actually, your child is likely to be ok. because you know your child best and if they're well, they probably will be well. susie did the right thing. she gave theo liquid paracetamol to try and bring his temperature down, then called 111 for advi...

The fever phobia. there's no evidence that low lowering a fever will help a child get better any faster. it found that the fever might resolve faster than if the fever were treated. doctor, let's take a look at this, is there any correlation between a child's temperature and how sick the child gets and i guess the study is saying not really, huh? >> absolutely right. there's no way of saying that a child who has a temperature of let's say 104 degrees is in any way safer than a child who has 102. it's the other things that go along with a fever that a parent should focus on. >> should you bring...

53 minutes past the hour. a lot of parents worry about their child when they have a fever. they reach for a pain reliever. there's a new report from america's leading group of pediatricians saying that fever phobia may be getting in the way of treating your child. elizabeth cohen is here to break down the myths and facts with kids and fevers. this is interesting. do you have to bring a child's fever down? you think of course, if they have the fever, you have to get rid of it. is that true or a myth? >> it's not true. this is a myth. i think this is so surprising to many parents, but fever in a...

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