The purpose of taking antipyretics should be to reduce the child's discomfort and not to fight the fever.
Ala Holban
Dr. in medicine, conf. univ. USMF "Nicolae Testimitanu"
Fever shortens the duration of the disease and decreases the mortality rate in febrile patients, compared to those who do not have a fever or whose fever is insistently low.
Blatteis C.M.
(2003) Fever: pathological or physiological, injurious or beneficial? Journal of Thermal Biology 28
Dehydration can sometimes be a medical emergency, the severity of which must be assessed accordingly of the lost volume, its origin and the clinical signs.
Dianne Russell
Dr. in medicine, internal medicine specialist
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