Fever AFTER Cold Symptoms Start?

Could be a secondary infection in his lungs or ears or sinuses from the fluid from his cold. It just sits there, if not flushed or coughed out, and bacteria grows.

I'm not an expert. Just keep an eye on it. Mine would get ear infections after runny noses. They'd have a fever.
I used to get sinus infections after colds. Fever. So just keep an eye on it and take him in if necessary. Good luck :)

Yes, from my experience, this happens often. I and my family do sometimes have a fever with a cold. I suggest a fever is the result of the "bugs" we catch. There isn't just one virus for colds. And we can be infected with other viruses and bacteria at the same time. When we have a cold, our resistance is lowered.

Your doctor'or the hospital's or your insurance's advice nurse could answer this sort of question more accurately.

Sure, why not? Once the immune system kicks in to try to beat the invading virus or bacteria, that's what causes the fever. That's why you don't medicate a low-grade fever, because you want the body's defenses to work. You just medicate if someone is really miserable, achy, etc. Otherwise you push fluids and let it runs its course.

When this happens in our house, it's always an ear infection.

of course. colds and fevers don't adhere to absolute guidelines. they could have the same cause, or they could be completely unrelated.
just treat the symptoms as they arise and keep the poor little guy comfortable. i hope he feels better soon.
khairete
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This happens frequently to my girls. It starts out as a cold but then turns into a miserable sinus infection. Take your son to the doctor to get diagnosed if he still has a fever tomorrow. Of course it still could be viral but I would want to make sure there is not an infection if he is still feverish.

I don't see anything weird about it.
In fact you can have a fever anytime with or without any other symptoms.
Our son (when he was a baby) use to occasionally spike a 102 fever for no apparent reason and have a perfectly normal temp one hour later with no medications.
Being a parent can challenge and redefine your definition of 'normal'.
Just roll with it.

Same thing happened to me last/this week. My cold turned into a sinus infection. I finally don't have a fever because I'm taking antibiotics for the sinus infection.

I would think that your little one has an infection secondary to the cold. I'd take him in and have him tested for strep or tonsillitis.

My son, 9 month old, had the same thing. Sneezing runny nose I thought teething. Then he spiked a fever of 101.8 for 2 days then 102 for almost two days. By day 4 he was back to normal. The doctors said there's a virus going around

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My son, 9 month old, had the same thing. Sneezing runny nose I thought teething. Then he spiked a fever of 101.8 for 2 days then 102 for almost two days. By day 4 he was back to normal. The doctors said there's a virus going around

You can have a cold but not have an infection. The infection starts and the body heats up as it starts fighting it. Let it fight it a bit, until the temp is over 101 then give Tylenol. If it goes higher then it might need assistance like an antibiotic.

But overall you don't have to run a fever with any cold or illness.

I would suspect sinus or ear infection.