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Fever first getting on head
My baby is of 18 months. She is having fever since from yesterday. Her head part gets hot early and after slowly upto waist her body gets hotter. I am giving her Syp Imol 5ml thrice a day. Can anyone suggest the reason for this unorthodox way of fever. Fever mostly is happening in whole body at same time but for her first head gets hot and hot means very hot and then slowly rest of the part .
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Head is proportionally larger in small children. It receives more blood supply hence usually head is much warmer than other parts. When child gets fever head is the first part to show high temperature due to the same reason mentioned above. This is normal. If you feel his/her hands and legs cold while body is warm, go to hospital immediately, it could be a dangerous problem.
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Dear parents,
In kid initially sweat glands are distributed only in head, so heat is dissipated only from head &so head remain hot than other body parts, sweating during sleep &breastfeeding is only from head.
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This is common in children as they tend to loose heat more from their head surface.
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Dr. Harit Bansal
Pediatrician
17 yrs exp
Sonipat
This the way fever comes no issue medicine is fine will take time to resolve
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