If your child has a fever he or she will have a body temperature above 37.5°C on 2 recordings taken at least 2 hours apart. As well as having a high temperature your child may also be clammy, sweaty, irritable and crying, flushed, tired. Your child may also complain of a headache or aches and pains. A rapidly rising fever may cause chills-periods of shivering.
Attribution: BUPA