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Calming "Fever Phobia" in Parents
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Air date: February 13, 2011
Host: Barbara Lewis
Interview: Rachel Vreeman, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics
IU School of Medicine
Pediatrician, at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis
Primary Care segments are presentedby IU Health Physicians.
Ask any pediatrician: one of the most common parental fears is a child with a high fever.
IU pediatrician -- and parent -- Rachel Vreeman knows about fevers in children from both perspectives.
She tells Sound Medicine’s Dr. David Crabb what she tells her patients’ parents when they call with questions.
Additional Resources:
- Fever Phobia Revisited. This 2001 article in the journal Pediatrics concluded that "Fever Phobia" persists.
- Dr. Perri Klass writes about fever fears in the Jan 10, 2011, issue of the New York Times.
