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What Causes Extreme Warmness To Touch On Forehead, Temples And Hands?
My Daughter is 13 months old and she feels extremely warm to the touch on her forehead, temples and hands. The rest of her body feels just fine. Started felling warm yesterday evening and still fells warm today. Took her temp. multiple time last night and this morning and she is ranging from about....98 - 99.5. I am using an ear thermometer. She got her MMR and Chicken pox shots a little over a week ago. She does have a vaginal rash that I was instructed by Urgent Care doctors to treat with over the counter Clotrimizole 2% and Hydrocortisone cream 1%. Any Ideas what it could be. She is Slightly fussy, nothing to bad. Eating has been fine.
Tue, 20 Sep 2016
Hi... looks like viral illness. MMR can cause fever up-to 5-6 days but not after 7 days.
Head and tummy will be hotter than rest of the body due to increased blood supply to those parts. Nothing to worry about it.
I will explain you how a viral illness behaves - so that you will be more confident.
Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Head and tummy will be hotter than rest of the body due to increased blood supply to those parts. Nothing to worry about it.
I will explain you how a viral illness behaves - so that you will be more confident.
Fever of few days without any localizing signs could as well a viral illness. Usually rather than fever, what is more important is the activity of the child, in between 2 fever episodes on the same day. If the kid is active and playing around when there is no fever, it is probably viral illness and it doesn't require antibiotics at all. Once viral fever comes it will there for 4-7 days. So do not worry about duration if the kid is active.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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