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Treatment For Child’s Fever

If a child has a fever and it hasn’t come down, if It's within the six hour window that parents gave ibuprofen, there is an alternative which could be Tylenol, describes Dr. Scarlet Constant, Pediatrician with Baptist Health South Florida. Dr. Constant considers sometimes parents will start to alternate around the clock, whether or not the child has a fever and that's where it gets dangerous, because it can cause overdose.

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