DH theory on fevers - is he right

[aussienic]

I agree with your Dh. I know when my kids have fevers that if they start sweating they are always better in the morning. one time Ds1 had such a high temp and when we checked on him that night we needed to change his bed sheets.. A couple hours later we had to do it again and he woke the next morning perfectly fine

[Mother Goose]

Kaz - shivering with a fever is bad because shivering actually increases your body temp further. Sweating is the body's natural way of trying to cool down.

[Beach Mama]

Oh wow that is interesting to note, my kids both had fevers over 40 recently and the one thing the Nurse said was to make sure we dealt with the fever appropriate to their reaction if they were shivering to give them a light blanket(not to over heat but not to chill them ITMS) and if they were sweating to dress them down in a warm house. I always wondered about it because Iz at one point was saying I'm cold mummy but she was at 40.2.

[Fleur]

I always wondered about it because Iz at one point was saying I'm cold mummy but she was at 40.2.

AFAIK, that is because of the temperature of her body relative to the air around her. If she's really hot, it makes the air, the room, seem colder by comparison.

We have seen improvements after a sweat, but not always & not only... sometimes it just goes up & up... then goes.

I do think that I managed to shorten the duration of a tummy bug once (mine) by sweating it out under a pile of blankets. I didn't get as bad as everyone else, and it didn't last aslong but then, I'm not confident enough to do that to my kids

[Beach Mama]

AFAIK, that is because of the temperature of her body relative to the air around her. If she's really hot, it makes the air, the room, seem colder by comparison.

That makes sense because although it was warm (21 as it always is) it would feel cold to her and she had goosebumps and was shivery poor darling.

[clare076]

the old cure for a fever was a glass of scotch with hot water and a spoon of sugar/honey/or lemonade, you would jump into bed, sweat your box off and wake in the morning feeling on top of the world. I tried it once and woke in the morning feeling heaps better...my grandmother recommended it too.