I was told by my doctor that fever has nothing to do with Teething!?

Question

This seems to be such a big issue.

Ladies, do you think teething can give a little one a fever?

Answer 1

Fever is a nonspecific metabolic response governed by certain enzymes referred to loosely as endogenous pyrogens. Fever results from a cascade of molecular events involving chemicals known as interleukins. These affect a portion of your brain known as the hypothalamus and create what is probably a prostaglandin type 2 response. This all means that fever can be the result of any inflammatory process. Teeth erupting through the gums certainly can be expected to cause inflammation. Teething most certainly can cause fever. MD

Answer 2

You know, the doctors say that it doesen't. But, from my experience as a mother, it does. My 12 month old has (thank God!) been a fairly healthy baby, but EVERY time he was cutting a tooth he got a fever, and he had 8 teeth by his 7th month....With his most recent teeth, which was the 3rd and 4th on the bottom it got up to almost 102.0. Then, as soon as it came through, the fever went right away.
I am not fond of giving babies a lot of tylenol or ibprofen, so, as long as he is not in horrible pain, I give him all natural teething tablets. They help very much!!!! They have been a Godsend!! And the best part about it is with them I don't have to use anything that numbs the gums or anything (that stuff just tastes nasty!). If u buy those, get the quick disolving ones, the others are just to complicated to use. They carry them at Wal-Mart and almost any drug store.
I know it's so hard to watch them suffer like that, espically when you get information from the doctor, who u trust, that contradicts what you maternal instinct is saying. Just follow your heart and instinct.And remember that if it is a virus, the fever will probably get high quickly and most likely they'll have other symptoms.
Good Luck!

Answer 3

Absolutely! My daughter had a fever and I took her to the doctor because she had it for a day and a half. The doctor checked everything. She then felt her mouth and said that her gums were swollen and red and that was probably the cause of the fever. Teething can also cause your child to pull at their ears like a lot of kids do with ear infections.

Answer 4

Technically NO. what happens is that teething lowers the immune system and the little ones catch colds, sicknesses easier....it's the cold or the illness that causes the fever, not the teething directly.

Answer 5

confident a splash you are able to still have a fever from teething. yet its a low grade temp. ninety 9.9 -one hundred. something over this volume is generally brought about by skill of something else, like ear infections. i be responsive to this because of the fact i'm a preschool instructor, and that i've got the youngest age team, attempt having eighteen, toddlers between the an prolonged time eighteen months and a pair of years old, and that they are all teething, help.

Answer 6

they did a big o study recently on teething symptoms and found no direct proof that teething or tooth immersion causes fever
in the group fever was very uncommon and there was no difference in the number of fevers between the tooth immersion, teething, and non teething babes....hope that helps...........tho i do swear on really bad teething days my little guy feels a bit on the warm side..

Answer 7

Definitely! Doctors are always chalking things up to "Old Wives Tales", but some of those "tales" hold true...even if there is no scientific or medical info to back it up. Mom's have been noticing kids teething accompanied with fevers for years. We can't all be crazy.

Answer 8

most definatly both of my children had fevers every time they cut a tooth...... my one year old is still cutting teeth and his fever has gone as high as 100.1 degrees i took him to the doctor and he said that my son was just teething not to worry unless his fever went to 105 or his mouth started swelling anywhere ..... and my son has alot of other medical problems....... but both of my kids ran fevers when teething........ the best solution i got was to use the origel and tylenol and to wet a rag put it in the freezer for 2 minutes and let them chew on it because the rags texture helps the tooth break through.....

Answer 9

yes1 it sure does. my little girl had a fever of 102. When I took her to the doctor she could not find anything wrong. no sign of the flu, no ear infection, nothing. Finally she toughed her gums and said oh WoW there really hot. She had no choice to agree that it was associated with the teething... And not many doctors like to admit it.

Answer 10

of course! that is one of the main signs that a child is teething, besides the gnawing and irritibility.
of course the baby would get a fever, its a new, painful experience, and the body isnt used to it. nor is he used to the energy it takes to break a tooth. a fever helps not only to notify that he is teething, but helps in a way, im sure, to cope with the pain