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Can high fever risks life?
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High fever: Under certain conditions high fever can cause concern for life such as in meningitis, sepsis . And other conditions.
Answered 6/14/2014
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What should we do about our childs frequent high fevers (100+)?
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Well i took my temp and it was 99.8 but arent fevers like in the 100.0? Is it high enough to be called a fever?
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