Is 37 degrees a fever in children?

  Fever in children is a very common phenomenon, but sometimes the child is often alive and well but when the temperature is measured 370C, it scares adults, so children 370C is considered fever?  Children are a special category of people, they are more metabolically active than adults, and the thermoregulatory center is not yet very stable, so their body temperature is usually high, and fluctuates widely.  The normal axillary temperature of children is between 360C and 370C, so 370C is not considered feverish for children. And the human body temperature is not constant, usually the temperature is lower in the early morning and relatively higher from 14 to 20 o’clock, and the body temperature fluctuates between 0.60C. So there is no need to worry about small changes in children’s body temperature, it is a normal phenomenon of the body.  So how much is considered a fever? For this particular group of children, a fever of 380C or higher can be considered a fever. In this case, you can take ibuprofen or acetaminophen to reduce the fever according to the instructions after asking your doctor or pharmacist. If the fever reaches 39.50C, you should go to the hospital immediately and consult your doctor. If the fever reaches 400C or more, you can call 120 emergency or go to the emergency department of the hospital by yourself.