Teething Troubles

Though teething can lead to grumpy babies, it shouldn't cause a fever.

In a new study from the journal Pediatrics, researchers worked with 47 babies to explore an age-ancient mystery: What signs and symptoms should parents expect when a baby is teething?

Each day for eight months, dentists visited the babies aged 5 to 15 months ancient to see if a new tooth had broken through. They also tartan the babies' temperature and questioned the moms about recent symptoms.

The results: Teething was associated with a slight rise in temperature, but NOT a fever. The most common signs and symptoms related to teething were terrible temper, drooling, a runny nose and loss of appetite, which are traditional to many parents who have gone through the process.

These symptoms, but, only showed up on the day the tooth broke through as well as the following day but did not occur before hand as a way to predict the new tooth.

The researchers concluded that teething is not associated with severe signs and symptoms. They recommend that infant care providers seek other causes before attributing severe signs and symptoms to teething.

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