🌡️ FEVER MYTHS EVERY PARENT SHOULD STOP BELIEVING
❌ Myth 1: Fever itself is dangerous
✅ Truth: Fever is the body’s way of fighting infection. It’s a symptom, not a disease.
❌ Myth 2: Higher fever always means serious illness
✅ Truth: Even mild infections can cause high fever, and serious illness may have low fever.
❌ Myth 3: Fever must be brought to normal immediately
✅ Truth: Treat the child, not the thermometer. If the child is playful, fever alone is not alarming.
❌ Myth 4: Fever causes brain damage or seizures
✅ Truth: Fever does NOT cause brain damage. Febrile seizures are rare and usually harmless.
❌ Myth 5: More medicines = faster recovery
✅ Truth: Over-medicating is harmful. Only correct dose, correct drug, correct timing.
❌ Myth 6: Cold sponging is always needed
✅ Truth: Sponging is required in temperatures above 101,it should be tepid water sponging(lukewarm water).
⚠️ SEE A DOCTOR IF:
• Child is less than 3 months old
• Fever lasts more than 2–3 days
• Child is very dull, breathing fast, vomiting repeatedly, or has rash/seizures
📌 Remember:
Fever is a friend with a message, not an enemy.
