How dangerous is 102.2 temp for a 7th month old?

Question

i just checked my son temp it is at 102.2 i need to know how dangerous that is. he weighs 7ib and 10 ounces. he will be 8 months saturday. thank u

i meant 17 ibs. since last night his temp range from 101.1 to 102.2 . i have done everything i could it still has not broke. we took him to the hosiptal all the did was a chest x-ray, and something for him to stop throwing up so much. he doesn't eat much. he hasn't for last 2 weeks and yes i have told the doctors

yes he was born early. infact he was born 5 weeks early

he is doing good he just has a cold and his teeth are taking their sweet time coming in besides that he is a very happy and healthly baby

Answer 1

Take him to the hopital. The worse they are going to do is send him home. Take him now and make sure he is ok.

Answer 2

Over the normal temp (which this is) is bad at any age. !02.2 is serious--especially for an infant. Get him to a doctor right away or if you are poor and must go to a clinic--and since this is Sunday, try to lower the fever by applying cool wet washclothes on to his head or around his body and maybe even a cool bath. There are also fever reducing over-the-counter drugs you can buy at the Walmart or pharmacy. Ask your mother for advice or an older friend who has had children. This IS SERIOUS. An infant could have a stroke from too high a fever.Please hurry. Keep monitoring his temperature.

Answer 3

well first of all Im concerned over the weight of your child...is the weight and age correct or is he 7 weeks old?...I would of course call your pediatrician and see what they have to say...but I will tell you this..high fevers in children are different than high fevers in adults...the height of the temperature itself isnt really a cause of concern for the child its the way that the child handles the fever..if the child doenst have convulsions and is other wise tolerating the fever well the fever could be 105. Some children can go into fever convulsions at a fever of 102. My children all ran extremely high fevers yet they were relatively OK and handled them well. (Highest was 106.1-and that was at the doctors office) the problem is that if this is his first fever you dont know how it is going to effect him and the underlying cause of the fever could be cause of much concern. Call the pediatrician there should be someone on call even though this is a Sunday....

Answer 4

My sons temp at 2 got up to 105.3 I was worried and I called the ER the nurse told me If I could not get it down then bring him in. and dont start to worrie till I believe 105. but I finally got it down. the next day he was fine. and your baby is almost 8 months and weighs 7 lbs??? I thouhgt my son was small he is fixing to turn 3 and he weighs 25 soking wet LMFAO. Good luck

Answer 5

You need to give him some infant Tylenol. Take him and put him in a luke warm bath and his fever should go down. I have two kids and that has always worked for me. He will be ok. You also should call his doctor.

Answer 6

You need to call your pediatrician immediately! That low of weight, that's like a newborn having that high of a fever. Was your baby premature? Please call your pediatrician asap, also dress him lightly and give him tylenol. Maybe even a tepid bath. You need to keep that temp from getting any higher.

Answer 7

ok, you're trying to get social services to come down on you, right? call a doctor, or better yet go to one! high fevers in babies are dangerous! how dangerous? do you know how Hellen Keller lost both her sight and her hearing? she had a terrible fever when she was a... BABY

Answer 8

get down the hospital now. Hope you have given him calpol to help with the temp. Hope he is going to be ok, Im sure he will be.

Answer 9

You need to take him to the hospital immediately !!! No joke, they can die from a high temp or have brain damage. Please go right away to the ER. Children are extra sensitive to high temps. Good luck.

Answer 10

call a doctor or take to ER - is he 7 months or 7 weeks ?