Fever caused by teething....fact or myth?

Interested to hear your experiences.

Re: Fever caused by teething....fact or myth?

DS1 his temp never went over 101 when he was teething and it wouldnonly be for a day.

Ds2 his temp has gone up to 102 when a tooth was breaking through. Same thing...only a day or overnight.

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DS1 would get a fever the day before the tooth broke through. It could go as high as 102. It happened every single time he had a tooth come in.

DS2 only had it happen once, and it was his eye tooth on the lower left. He got a fever that was low grade for a day, and then spiked (scared the heck out of me) and then went away. He has all his teeth for his age, except for the other lower eye tooth.

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3 kids, i think low grade is teething

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Thanks all...what do you consider "low grade?" My DD has around 99.5 all day and I can see two swollen white spots on her top gums but no breaking through yet.

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between 100 - 101 is low grade to my Ped. 99.5 is not even considered a fever really. 100.4 I believe is the threshhold. Call the Ped & keep an eye out for any other symptoms.

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DD always gets a low grade fever for a few days before a tooth breaks. she currently is cutting two teeth and has had a fever since thursday, the highest being 102. it's also the highes fever she's ever had.

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DD gets a low grade fever pretty much the day she cuts each tooth.

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My doc said 101+ is not teething. For my kids, the teething fever is not a myth. Chase is teething like CRAZY and up until he got this virus, he was at 100.3-100.8 every day just from teething.

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DS almost always would run a fever with his teeth breaking through.

his normal temp is 99.2-99.5ish; sometimes he would hit 101 when teething. motrin would bring it right down though.

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Our ped says teething does not cause a fever - only an infection causes a fever.

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DS has never had a fever other than once when he had his first cold, and it was like 99. Coincidentally he got his first tooth then. He has 6 now, and no fever with the rest of them.

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Teething was never that rough on my kids, so I'm going with myth.

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DS runs a low grade fever when teething. Been to the pedi 2x because of it. If it is over 101, then I don't think it is teething...Too high. My pedi says under 101 can be teething if no other symptoms are present..

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low grade at most...never above 100