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Could Fever In 3 Year Old Be Due To Running Nose And Teething?

My 3 year old has fever of 100.8 since last night. tylenol is helping, but then it spikes again. When the fever is spiking, she says she has a tummy/head ache. Early today she started saying her teeth hurt and I could feel a couple moalers comming in. Should I be concered or is it just the teeth? Ohh n she has had a slight runny nose.
Fri, 16 Feb 2018
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Hi..
Thanks for the query..

Teething is the phase of development in which the teeth erupt in mouth and during that period the child can have the symptoms of mild discomfort inside the mouth with soreness of gums, swollen gums along with mild rise in temperature..

But in case if she has a runny nose and fever then it can be most probably due to Viral infection leading to fever..
Pain in gums can however be due to teething when there is breaking of tooth from the gums leading to inflammation of gums causing pain..

-So my suggestion is to continue giving tylenol to relieve pain and along with it you can also start doing steam inhalation and use a humidifier in your room..
-You should also feed her with plenty of fluids and give her soft
and bland diet..
-Give her appropriate rest..

Hope this helps..

Regards.
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Could Fever In 3 Year Old Be Due To Running Nose And Teething?

Hi.. Thanks for the query.. Teething is the phase of development in which the teeth erupt in mouth and during that period the child can have the symptoms of mild discomfort inside the mouth with soreness of gums, swollen gums along with mild rise in temperature.. But in case if she has a runny nose and fever then it can be most probably due to Viral infection leading to fever.. Pain in gums can however be due to teething when there is breaking of tooth from the gums leading to inflammation of gums causing pain.. -So my suggestion is to continue giving tylenol to relieve pain and along with it you can also start doing steam inhalation and use a humidifier in your room.. -You should also feed her with plenty of fluids and give her soft and bland diet.. -Give her appropriate rest.. Hope this helps.. Regards.