Re: 4.5 years old daily afternoon low grade fever for months
I would buy a regular oral thermometer and compare the 2. Oral ones are more precise over the counter unless you buy a very expensive one of the others, which isn't necessary. But, in children it is not uncommon to see their temps in the 99 range, so your pediatrician is right not to be very concerned plus its normal for anyone's temp to be higher in the evening. It sounds like the dr looked into it by having a CBC drawn and even though the values were a tiny bit low it is not concerning. The values can fluctuate with each blood draw by a little depending on many different factors so its very likely that if they drew blood again it could be in the normal range now. I would rest assured knowing that even though this has been occuring for 6 months they're are no other symptoms that would suggest anything bad is going on. But, to put your mind at rest try a different thermometer and see if there's a difference. But as long as she's feeling well and it sounds like she is i would not be too worried. Good luck
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