How Dangerous Can the Fever Be?

My son ran a high fever about a month ago. I thought the danger point was 103. It was coming and going and coming again. I took him to the Childrens hospital and they couldn't do much for him but give him children's motrin. THe dr. said a viral infection of some kind might follow. And she was right it did. But I was so scared.
Now when my sister was young she had run a fever so high that she ended up having a seizure. She has had some other abnormal and out of the blue problems, so not sure if it was actually from the high fever or another problem.
105 degree fever is high, that is what the dr. told me the danger point actually is. I would definitley get him checked out if they recommend it. He is probably irritable though, because he hasn't slept good, he's tired and probably tired of feeling so horrible.
L.
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Hi, I had the same thing last year w/my 6 year old. She had a high temp for 3 days so I took her to her reg.DR. they said it must be a virus so we went home and three days later she was still running a fever so I took her back. the did a strepp test Neg. So the Dr. suspected Mono, they had several cases in our area. She had the fever for 2 weeks and all I colud do was give her motrin and Amoxicillin. She was tired and sore for about a month. I don't think her fever went above 104 though. I was really glad they caught it within the first week. Now she is not allowed to drink from the water fountains at school since I think that is where she got it from. Good luck:) A.

Fever is very dangerous, especially for small kids. My question is what the primary reason of the fever? I think, it can be cold or foreign body in his ear, but it looks that he got the allergic reaction on antibiotics later on. Even if he feel better, don't live this situation without the answer and be carefull next time, tell the doctor about the probabillity of the allergic reaction.

Please be aggressive with the doctors if you need to be.
A fever can cause permanent brain injury. One of my cousins is mildly retarded and the only cause was a fever left untreated. If you have to go to the hospital and tell them that you can't get the fever down and tell them that they need to do it then that is what you do. My sister at a young age had to be kept on a water blanket set to 50 degrees for 5 days to keep her fever down.
The body uses fever to fight infection, but it will damage the body, and the brain too when left unchecked.

The answer is VERY VERY VERY serious in my knowledge base.
Good Luck!
TRUDI