Brief introduction
 
Fever is a healthy reaction of the human body against external aggression.
Body temperature is normally between 36.5 and 37°C in both children and adults healthy. A variation can be seen during the day: the morning it is closer to 36 degrees at night and closer to 37 degrees.
 
The human body has a self-regulating mechanism which aims to maintain the tempera within normal limits, to allow the body to properly execute its own functions. Indeed, there are specific receptors that send the brain information about body temperature.
 
Fever increases the metabolic rate of the whole organism: when its metabolism is accelerated, the child quickly loses fluids and weight. Bring down the fever thus allows the child to hild to feel better and to avoid possible complications including dehydration.
 
In most cases, fever should not worry parents, it is indeed a simple body's response to a viral or bacterial infection. Febrile temperature is as such a natural defense and useful to the body against germs: a higher temperature (between 38 and 40°) has a sterilizing effect on germs, preventing their growth or multiplication.