How long does it take for baby tylenol kick in to reduce a fever?

Question

She got a pretty high fever I was wonder how long I should wait after giving her medicine to reduce it before I call the dr. It's started to go down but that was after a bath and cool compresses.

Answer 1

fever indicates infection, I would call the doctor.

Answer 2

a fever is over 100.4 it becomes dangerous if it hits 104 or doesn't go down after the meds. if that happens take her to the emergency room. if taken under the arm add one, if rectally subtract one. how old is the baby? any baby under 3 months should be taken to the doctor right away. if the baby is over 3 months then call your pediatrician to find out what to give her. it can take 20-45minutes for the meds to kick in and it'll wear off at good hour before you can give it to her again if her fever is that persistant. keep using the cold compresses. use them before sitting her in a bath. there are also compresses you can buy at the store that you can sit in the fridge and that stick to the head. keep her in lite clothes with a fan in the room to circulate the air. and don't bundle her in blankets. it could just be a bug and in that case the fever could last 3 days. if it last longer call the doctor.

Answer 3

I would call your doctor and see if they have an answering service... tylenol takes about 20-45 minutes to kick in.  

How high is the fever, my baby got a UTI at 1 year old and it was horribly high!  so be careful!

Answer 4

Please do not worry so much. If your baby's fever is over 38.5 C (sorry don't know fahrenheits) then try tylenol again every 4 hours. If within 30 minutes the temperature drops slightly - try compresses and bathing baby in water 36 degrees and do NOT dry it off, so that her body cools with it. If helps to reduce temperature - then you're doing the best you can. IF HOWEVER, the temperature stay s the same or goes up again - please go to emergency department , as she might be getting dehydrated and it is very dangerous for little ones to get dehydrated.

Is she vomiting? diarhea? WHY does she have the temperature?

Answer 5

Usually it takes 20-30 mins before it starts to lower it. It should be in full affect in an hour. If the fever after the tylenol is over 101. Then she needs to be seen very quickly if under 6 months. If over 6 months she could probably wait until morning as long as you keep up the tylenol.