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Baby's head very hot
Baby's head is very hot, normally when he gets fever his head will be very hot, now I checked currently his body temperature is 98.3 , is that he will get fever later on?, he had mild cold
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Check for hands and feet. If they are cold and other body parts are warm. Look out for fever then. And give paracetamol
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Dr. Prashanth Kumar T
Pediatrician
7 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Normal
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Rajkot
Consult to Pediatrician physically for further evaluation and treatment
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Dr. Sachin Pariskar
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Pune
98.3 is not the fever ....Normally every babies head is little bit hit as compared to other body parts ....Just record the temp.in armpit when u feel head is more hot and if temp.is more than 99.5F ,is consider the fever and give paracetamol syrup as per weight
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Dr. Tangade Vishal Bhanudas
Pediatrician
3 yrs exp
Pune
It's normal..if temperature is more than 99.5 it's fever.
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