Spike in baby's temperature from teething? Unsure whether to isolate

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DD (7mo) appears to have been teething for a week. She's drooly, flushed, fussy ans keeps putting her fingers in her mouth when crying. Last night she suddenly developed a temperature (highest 39.3) which came down with calpol. 111 put me through to a nurse who said as it's v likely teething we don't need to isolate.

DD has no fever today but is slightly warmer than usual, 36.9/37 temp. The thing is, I've noticed her cough a few times. She's always bedn a coughy baby (I think she uses a cough-like noise to get my attention!), but I've noticed it more today. I can't help but feel this is because I'm looking out for it though.

I know IABU really, but I'm struggling to commit to self isolating. I don't think she has covid, but I know I can't be sure.

Isolate. The advice the nurse gave you is not current guidance. Teething should not give a fever that high anyway.

So she has always been a coughy baby so this isn,t knew or sudden.
She is teathng so a rised temperature is explained by that. TBH I wouldn,t but I understand if you do

Yeah teething doesn't give a temp like that. Follow guidelines and isolate. Glad the temps come down. My two year olds had a terrible cough and cold that he's kindly passed on to the household so we're doing the same 😷

Doesn't matter if the symptoms can be explained away as something else. The guidance is to isolate with a new cough OR a temperature. Baby has temperature, so you'll have to self isolate...

We're having to self isolate because of a teething temperature. My lo often gets a temp just before they come through. It's rubbish but better be safe that sorry. Plus nursery won't have her back for a week anyway.

DS was drooly flushed and a bit warm last week thought he was teething, temperature spiked Thursday along with snotty nose by yesterday he was coughing. We were initially told not to isolate ourselves and given antibiotics as he was pulling his ear and had a sticky eye so they said it could be something else, but called GP again after the new guidance for clarity around work and they said we've all got to isolate for 14 days. This afternoon I started to feel like rubbish heavy limbs, hot, headachy, tickle in my throat.

Please self-isolate, you can’t possibly tell it’s not Coronavirus. Lots of people have minimal symptoms

That is a high fever. When my first had teething fevers it was low and never above 38.

Thanks all. I think I just needed to be told what to do.

I know this is an old thread but my daughter is going through something similar. She turned 1 in April and has had 8 fevers since then She gets them every 3-4 weeks and they are 39-40 and last 3-4 days. She has no other symptoms the doctor can’t Find anything else wrong with her and her urine Test is always clear or inconclusive. She drinks but will not eat during these days. She is at home with me and never around other kids to pick up bugs. I am wondering if it’s caused by teething she has one now and her gums are red. Anyone else had a similar experience?
It’s very confusing as the doctor says the teething should not cause fever so now she has been referred to paediatrics for tests.