Dr. Tim Givens, Medical Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at MUSC, discusses fever in small children and how parents should respond to them. He describes exactly what a fever is, what may typically cause one, and why it is important to bring infants with a fever in to the emergency room. Dr. Givens explains how taking medications to treat the symptoms of a fever interacts with your natural body processes, and cautions against administering medication to children of a certain age before taking them to the hospital.