Can a warm room cause a fever in a baby?

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My 1 year old DS just woke up with a fever. 38.8. The heating was playing up, so the room was really really hot. Could that have caused the fever ? We will all get tested etc as we should tomorrow, but just wondering if a hot room and overheating can cause fevers ? I've not stripped him down, given him milk and gone to a cool room. He had loads of milk, Calpol and is now sleeping. His fever went down. I'm keeping him fresher with not too many layers. Just a baby grow.

Only the child should be getting tested as the rest of you have no symptoms.

How hot was the room? I think heat exhaustion can cause a mild temp but the room would have to be fairly hot I think! If you Google heat exhaustion it will come up but i think it will most likely be a virus of some sort, I would get him a test tomorrow, you don’t need one however unless you gain symptoms too

I wouldn't imagine so unless it was really hot. Dont give him anymore calpol. Waot and see if his temp goes back up.

I would personally say no. That's a decent fever. I would believe that it would make him a bit warm but that seems fairly conclusive. If mine have had fevers, it's usually something significant.

No. He'd have to have been suffering from heat stroke to raise his temperature and probably not that high.
As a pp said only the person with symptoms tests.

No, otherwise most babies in hot climates would have fevers all the time.

Thanks guys ! 38.8 would be really high from heat. It could maybe raise it to 37.5 or something. I wonder what he has. It's gone down with one dose of Calpol so far. Usually his fevers don't respond to Calpol but only to ibobrofen. Maybe he had a slight fever, but the fact it was hot in there meant that it went up much higher than it would have done if the room had been at a normal temp. Thanks for the advice on the testing too. I hope it's not covid. Strangely he has no other symptoms right now. This has happened before, but last time the temp was much higher and just would not go down. No other symptoms. We had to go to a and e. They kept us for a few days and did lots of tests as they thought it could be bacterial. Hopefully this just passes. You do wonder where are they picking up viruses ? We are literally housebound and don't even go to the supermarket.

Temp is going back up. He seems fine. Would you see how it goes and give it a chance to go away by itself or would you give calpol ?

If he doesn't seem fussy / very lethargic with the temperature then hold off on the paracetamol. Offer lots of drinks instead.

@shouldistop he seems completely normal ! Super hungry and awake etc. I won't give any para/ibo unless it creeps up to 38.5 again I think. I hope it's not covid. I also don't feel comfortable doing the swab test myself on him. Hopefully I can go somewhere where some else will do it. Last time I tested myself I went to the drive in place and had to do it myself. Which I think can give the wrong results if you don't do it properly.

@tvwatcher I’m pleased he’s feeling better bless him. I did a home test when I had to be tested which might be easier than doing a drive in one? I’m not sure if you live alone but if you don’t, then at least you’d have help.

No.

Yes order the home test and do it there with help, the test centre staff cannot do it for you.

If you have the option, I.e. you work from home and no one needs to leave yhr house for 2 weeks I'd be tempted to just wait and see if anyone else gets symptoms rather than put a baby through the test. I have to do one twice a week at work and still gag and sneeze violently every time

@StatisticalSense

That isn’t the case anymore, and most places are testing with no symptoms.

I don’t think a hot room would cause such a high temp. Occasionally my kids wake up a bit red in the face and warm so I check and the max it has been is 37.2 rather than their usual 36. Something.

Hope all ok.

I took my dd to a drive through test when she was 1 (twice). It was actually easier being in the car seat I had it done in a jiffy. I would rather do that than a home test I think.

Keep his temp down with calpol and isolate in the meantime.

Usually his fevers don't respond to Calpol but only to ibobrofen

If he has regular fevers I wouldn't jump to having a covid test unless you have a reason to think he could have been infected Wont this one be the same as the usual ones?

Hope he feels better soon.

Thanks everyone ! He seems totally normal in himself. Wet nappies, hungry as usual. Screaming about the place. His temp is going up and down a little bit. This morning it was at 38 and now it's back down to 37. In between it went back down and back up. I haven't given Calpol since the night as I don't want to leave myself with no options if that makes sense. I'm trying to avoid hospital if I can and try to manage it at home. I'm worried if it suddenly shoots up to 40, I'll be out of options as I would have given too many doses at 37.8-38, when it wasn't completely necessary. I had this happen before and was out of anything to give him as I had given him pra/ibo and then ended up in hospital etc as I couldn't manage at home.

I always thought you shouldn’t medicate for a temp alone - the temp is the bodies way of fighting infection. You only need calpol if they’re not well/in pain.

@WhatsMissed yeah I think generally that's true! Unless it's really high and they're not well, you shouldn't have to. My OH keeps telling me to give Calpol give Calpol give Calpol. I just want to wait and see. If it goes up a lot I will give him some. We keep fighting about whether to give it or not. Also it was him who thought it was the room temperature that caused the fever. He was basically blaming me, as I had put the heating a bit warmer. It may have contributed but it definitely was not the cause ! Eugh !