A member asked:

My 9 week old has a 101 fever what should i do to help him?

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Dr. Reid Blackwelder answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Needs to be seen: A newborn this age really should be seen. We usually are more concerned for infants at or younger than 2 months as they should not get bad infections and can't handle them as well. Even things like ear infections which we often do not treat in older children need antibiotics at this age. Please let someone get your baby out!

Answered 10/7/2014

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