科里根医生凌晨两点钟被一阵电话铃声惊醒,一位妇人带着哭腔从电话那一头说:“我的孩子发烧了,我该怎么办呢?”这位德克萨斯州的小儿科医生马上问那位母亲孩子有多大?体温有多高?还有什么其他症状?“孩子才15个月,肛表体温38.3℃,合口表37.8℃,现在已安静下来睡着了。” 这位母亲害怕孩子的体温继续往上升,想把孩子弄醒了喂药。科里根大夫劝她放心,告诉她孩子的温度并不高,发烧是对病毒、细菌这类入侵者的正常反应。应该让孩子好好睡觉,除非是出现其他症状。 科里根大夫认为,这位母亲以及其他一些人都把发烧看成是 Corrigan was awakened by a telephone ring at two o’clock in the morning, and a woman cried in a tearful voice from the phone: “My child has a fever, what should I do?” The Texas pediatrician Immediately ask how much the mother’s child? How high is the body temperature? What other symptoms? “The child was 15 months, the anus body temperature 38.3 ℃, cohesion table 37.8 ℃, and now has fallen asleep.” The mother Fear of the child’s body temperature continues to rise, want to awaken the child to feed medicine. Dr. Corrigan advised her to reassure her that her child’s temperature was not high. Fever was a normal reaction to invaders such as viruses and bacteria. Children should be allowed to sleep well unless there are other symptoms. According to Dr. Corigen, the mother and a few other people think of fever as yes