• The history of the fever, including:
  • When did the fever start? Did it come on suddenly or increase over several hours?
  • Are you able to measure your child's temperature? How high is the fever?
  • Does the child have any other symptoms?
• Does your child have frequent fevers?
  • How often does your child get a fever?
  • How long does the fever usually last?
• Has your child had any other health problems during the past 3 months?
• Has your child been eating, drinking, and playing normally?
• Has anyone else in your family been ill?
• Is your child in day care? If so, have any other children at the facility been ill?
• Has your child recently traveled outside the country?
• Has your child recently had close contact with immigrants or nonnative people?
• Has your child had any animal or insect bites (including ticks) in the past 6 weeks?
• Does your child have any health risks?

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