Friends with fever
December 10, 2013
Pharmacists and pharmacy
assistants play an important role
in educating parents about fever
in children, according to Dr Tatiana
Lowe, emergency physician at
Manly Hospital, Sydney.
Dr Lowe said studies have shown
that fever helps a child’s immune
system fight infection and can be
beneficial to young children.
“Pharmacists need to gently
remind parents that if their child
has a fever less than 39.5⁰C, it’s
unlikely they are experiencing too
much discomfort at all.”
Lowe added that when HCP’s
assess that it is worthwhile to treat
a child’s fever, it is important to
make the medication palatable.
“Taste is particularly significant to
kids and in my experience children
prefer ibuprofen as opposed to
paracetamol.
“A quick and accurate way for
parents to administer ibuprofen to
young kids is with an easy dosing
bottle/syringe like Nurofen for
Children,” Dr Lowe said.
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