Can teething cause a temperature?

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My 11 month old son has been grumpy today, and his cheeks are flushed, especially the right. We noticed that as the cheeks became red, he became more unsettled, then the colour wouls calm down, so would he.

Just checked on him and he has a temperature of 38.3. Have given him calpol, and reduced his clothing. He is very happy chatting away and clapping and he has a good appetitie.

do you reckon it is teething?

I am extremely anxious regarding this because I suffer with health anxiety regarding kids health, so much so that I am on medication and counselling.

Am trying not to get to scared and trying to remain rational.

please anyone?

Yup, teething can cause temps - and shocking nappy rashes..DS used to have both AND messy poos!

'tis weird how something like teething can affect all that but it does!

Thank you sooooo much for the reasurance. Unfortunately I have a phobia of meningitis and always presume the worse, irrational I know and very exhausting. He is dead happy trying to bop to eurovision song conest right now.

I had PND after DS and was paranoid about SIDS and then later, temperatures etc..but he is my first and you are much more worried about these things then because its all so new...now he is 4, I'm just like oh ok, a temperature and dig out the calpol!

Hi I also suffer from health anxiety regarding my children which actually stems from a hideous meningitis scare when ds was tiny, so my sympathies there. Yes it can and does. My dd has had a temp since Wednesday night. She is 12m old and teething molars. Been to drs twice who can't find any source of infection. My gp suggested teething but out of hours dr wouldn't hear of it and said def virus. So who bloomin knows but no other symptoms apart from teething ones and temp so my money's on that.

Hope he's better soon for you. X

thanks, I have googled it and seems somesay never get a temp when teething, mums seem to think they do. While he is so happy and otherwise OK, I will try not to panic, but I am well out of my comfort zone.

My DS would get a temp, and have the red cheeks just like yours.

I am in the same situation as you, also suffer from HA regarding DD, she was hospitalised for a nasty infection and her Paed said she thought I needed some help as my worry was off the scale. I know what you are going through.

In my experience DD would be hot but not have an actual temp with teething. Teething can lower their resistance and they are more likely to get ill with other things like colds, viruses. I am sure he will be fine, hang in there and come back and talk if you feel shaky.

hmmmm i am not happy but holding on he is trying to go to sleep now on husband, a bit grizzly. Felt hot but thermometer says ok. i wont rest all night now. Im bloomin sick of this, its exhausting, Wish i was a non anxious mum

Mine stems from son choking when 6 days old. sometimes it is so bad i wish i had never had children Its something I can`t run away from

So sorry you are feeling so bad.

Wish I could be of more help, only want to say that teething did make my DS hot, grumpy and unable to sleep.

Remember his temp has gone - that is a sign that things are ok.

Is it? The temp going? I just thought hat calpol had artificially brought it down. that has cheered me up.

Thing is, I am pregnant with third, so going to have to get used to this, it is getting harder though as time goes on.

I tried hypnotherapy for this but it hasnt worked. Its a hideous feeling of pure terror - stupid.

I know that feeling of terror about other things. It is grim. Are the meds not helping? What does your counsellor say to do in these situations?

Perhaps it is harder for you at the moment because you're a pregnant? Things were much more difficult for me when I had all those hormones rushing about madly.

A temperature that is not reduced by calpol is more of a worry. As it HAS gone down, that is a sign that he is only slightly under the weather.

Oh goog good good. he is well otherwise, been a bit off all day but also been playing and fun.

I have just commenced sertraline, which has helped with day to day anxiety, but doesnt touch the accute anxiety i get when the kids are ill. I am waiting to see the counsellor. I have see one in the past who told me to step back and look for evidence of what I am terrified of. In this case, meningitis. I cant see any evidence, appart from temperature.

I think about what might happen, and it that that terrifies me. I should concentrate on what is really happening, son has a temp which has gone after calpol and has no other symptoms. Has had teething symptoms all day.

Hi there. Just wanted to leave a message as I could have written your message - even down to the fact that my baby (dd 6 months) had a temp of 38plus yesterday (still does -took her to out of hours GP earlier on). But the real parallels were in the health anxiety. I have suffered with this since her birth. I was diagnosed with PND almost immediately after her birth as I couldnt cope with what was a very traumatic experience (born a month early, on NICU because didn't pass meconium and thought had Hirschsprungs or Cystic Fibrosis - had neither). After she was sweat tested for CF (negative - twice as I made them re-test) I have had a thing about CF ever since. A few months ago DD developed noisy breathing and when I took her to the docs and he told me to take her to the children's hosp to see a paed I went in to meltdown, convinced she had CF. Ended up being referred to crisis team (who just decided I was fine and that was that). Anyway, I'm rambling but just wanted you to know that you're not alone. And I know how hideous it is - that fear that disaster is just around the corner. Hope your LO is feeling better. ps - I was on Sertraline - came off but it did help.

Thank you so much highlystrung It is bloody awful, if i could have a lobotomy to get rid of it i would gladly do so.

I am considering starting a support group because I think there are quite a few of us lurking about on here. Might be nice when kids are ill to hold hands a bit and keep each other going. The feeling is so so frightening isnt it.

I remember when they did the heel prick test which included CF, the MW cocked it up and had to come back a week later to do it again. I just would not be convinced, and was paranoid they had discovered something.

Anyway, you know where I am if ever you need me now.

A support group would be great. I can't talk to my real life friends about it - they think I'm a bit mad and half of them are doctors who I think have little patience for worriers. It's a very lonely illness - trying to pretend you are normal but inside you are petrified.

Wow I'm glad it's not just me! I must admit I do sometimes have feelings of "oh god, what have I signed up for!" I just worry so much the whole time about 'is he poorly? what if he chokes?' etc. LO is 6 months and my current fear is giving him finger foods....last week I gave him some chopped apple, he started to choke, I thought "I remember what to do from the resus course", could see it and hooked my finger in. Just as I did that and pushed it FURTHER DOWN his throat, I remembered that's what you MUSNT do. I haven't really slept since, I just keep reliving it. He was fine, but I could have killed him.

I've similar issues re teething - temp, LO is listless and grumpy, very unsettled at night, been sick and runny poo. Inflamed cheek. Is it just teething??

I wish there was a definitive answer! He's been like it for 3 days now so I've booked a doc appt, where I'm sure I'll be told I'm an overanxious mother, and just up the antidepr dosage!