Up to 100F - you'll live. 100-102F - worth keeping an eye on. 102-104F - visit the doctor. >104F - call the doctor. Now.
The highest I've had as an adult was 102F, and that was the most vicious flu I've ever had. The fever was the least of my worries - not being able to keep water down unless it was ice cold or salty was more of a problem.
I had 104F as a child, but - oddly enough - I don't remember the details.
>104F - call the doctor. Now. ... I had 104F as a child, but - oddly enough - I don't remember the details.
I can testify to this.
I had mononucleosis when I was in my first year of high school, and my fever went to a little above 105 (or 106, I can't remember). I remember going to the emergency room, and then the room going dark and collapsing while they were trying to take an x-ray on me. Apparently had a seizure, but they didn't tell me what happened after that. Woke up quite a while later, after having been pumped full of what I think was epinephrine, with about 20 doctors standing around me breathing sighs of relief, which was obviously quite reassuring....
The whole episode was very short, though. From feeling fine before it hit to being well enough to leave the hospital, it couldn't have been more than 12 hours. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
