Fever - 24 or 48 hours?

[Phteven]

Do you wait for 24 or 48 hours to take a child with a fever to the Dr?
No other symptoms although I suspect a sore, pussy throat (based on the fact that his brother had one).

[MrsFabuloso]

I usually wait 24hrs. Sometimes my kids get random fevers and I don't know why, then nothing else happens after the fever breaks. If it gets too high and I give panadol/nurofen and it comes back, I will take them to the doc the next day. To me a consistent high fever over 1 1/2-2 days means their bodies are trying to fight a more serious illness.

[boomba]

I would give it 24 hours and see! Bt if his throat is pussy he may need anti boitics? Hope he is better soon x

[Jaycee]

For me, it depends on whether panadol relieves the fever? If it doesn't I'd take him within 24 hours.

[Phteven]

I made an appointment with the Dr and then he perked up no end It costs me $61 to see the Dr and I only get about 30% back.
I don't know whether to see the Dr or not. They have a pretty strict cancellation policy at the surgery so they will still bill me for a portion of it next visit even if I do cancel.

[Novella]

they often do perk upduring the day, if you have to pay a lrage cancellation fee maybe take him anyway. It depends for me what the other symptoms are, eg ear ache or pussy tonsils/stink breath I will take them, if the whole family is having a run of a viral cold and have had temps with it I tend not to.

Im suprised they don't bulk bill children. Whenever I have taken my kids to a GP they always bulk bill the kids, they get an incentive payment from the government to bulk bill children under 16 and concession card holders

Hope he stays well now