Anyone get measles, mumps, or chicken pox from the vaccine?

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I hope I don't come off as a know-it-all.

High but seemingly 'nothing happens' temperature are dangerous if they are steady over more than a few limited hours. 105°F/40.5°C is a temperature like that. Death usually happens at 108.68°F/42.6°C.

I assume most parents have no clue about where as fever starts. So they get worked up if their child has a temperature of 100°F/38°C for a day. That's not even considered a fever if it doesn't continue to rise.

A temperature up to about 102°F/39°C is a medium fever. Anything above 102/39 and rising is potentially dangerous.

At that rate it can still be ok if the person in question is getting along fine. But the opposite can be the case too. That's why it depends on the person.

If a temperature of 104°F/40°C persists people usually should be taken to a doctor or the hospital to get treatment to lower the fever. At 104°F/40°C everybody's proteins start to cook and dissolve. The additional problem is that different parts of our bodies have different temperatures. At 104°F/40°C some of our organs are at 106-108°F/41°C-42° already.
(Come to think of it, 43°C is probably more accurate for the inner organs by 40 overall?)

And of course, with kids it's safest to measure the temperature rectal to get it most accurate.


Edit: Fixed to make it say both Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Last edited by Sora on 27 Apr 2008, 5:30 pm, edited 2 times in total.

You think a fever of 105F is "not as dangerous as they make it out to be?" ARE YOU INSANE? I know a friend who was in Iraq who almost died of heatstroke, he had a temperature of 106F. Any temperature above 104F is a MEDICAL EMERGENCY, and that's not because of some conspiracy on part of doctors.

You'll have to excuse me, I don't work in fahrenheit - I just tried another converter and it gave me a different answer??

What is 105 in celcius - then I can comment, I should think.

Apologies for this, I'm a tad confused by how converters can say different things!!

Ahh, sorry. I'll fix that to add Celsius!

I actually work in Celsius too!

Ahhh!

Ok... the first and apparently wrong converter I found said 39 degrees C, which should explain my previous post!! Sorry for the misunderstanding!!

Normally in children Chickenpox is a mild illness. In adults, it can be a serious matter. While it is not common there are cases where Chickenpox can put you in the hospital and kill. After my bout with Chickenpox about three years later, I happened to get shingles. Strangely enough though, I only had a mild case of it. It was more of an annoyance than anything else and it only lasted about one and a half weeks.