CELL PHONE: Childrens temperature

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Childrens temperature

Fever is part of the body’s defense mechanism against viruses or bacteria. The body creates extra heat, so that the foreign organism cannot survive. Having a temperature sometimes helps to fight illness. Fever is a good thing, most of the time.

Fever itself is not life-threatening unless it is extremely and persistently high, such as greater than 107 F (41.6 C) when measured rectally. Fever may indicate the presence of a serious illness, but usually a fever is caused by common infections which are not serious. The part of the brain called the hypothalamus controls body temperature. The hypothalamus increases the body’s temperature as a way to fight the infection. However, many conditions other than infections may cause a fever