Fever in Infants

Your baby has a fever, but doesn't appear to have any signs or symptoms of the common causes of fever in infants.

This is a bit of a puzzle. It's possible that your child's illness is just beginning, and more symptoms will appear shortly.

It can be hard, though, to know what's going on with babies; signs of infection and other problems can be subtle, and they can't tell us what they are feeling.

Give your doctor a call today to go over your child's symptoms again and decide whether and when an office visit would make sense.

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Online Medical Reviewer: LeWine, Howard MD Date Last Reviewed: 5/19/2006 Date Last Modified: 5/15/2006 Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.

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