Originally Posted by craftymissbeth:
Maybe I'm misreading what everyone has said, but why would you wait until a fever is already at a dangerous level? 104.5 is only 1.5 degrees away from the 106! I would think if 106 is the point where the brain begins to shut down you would want to take action before it got to that point.
I totally agree! I guess when my kids were little, I never played around when they had a fever, if it got to that 102, I took them to the Dr. I just had never heard of anyone saying that 104.5 is not really anything to be concerned about and that not to be concerned until it reached 106. So many things can happen with a high fever,convulsions could be one of them. A temp of 106 is where the brain starts shutting down,so why would any parent wait until it got that high to seek medical attention. Why would you take that chance! I guess I just take any high temp seriously and don't take chances with that kind of stuff.