The knowledge and behaviour of mothers about their children's fever

Fever is one of the most common signs of childhood diseases. High bodytempature generally shows defending answer of body to illnesses and mostly medicalmanagement may not be applied mostly. Furthermore there are lots of evidence about beneficial effects of fever which is not that much high. But treatments suggested that fever is harmful for all patients are commonly administered in clinical practice contorary to this knowlegde. Sudden drop of body temperature is a often wrong appliance. The parents of a child with fever worry about that and have a tendency to show greater interest than doctors. Their false opinions about fever give way to agressive approach to their child?s fever.In this observational, descriptive study we aimed to search approches to their children with fever , knowledge status and methods for dropping fever of patients? mother who attend İstanbul Bilim University, Avrupa Florence Nightingale Hospital Pediatry Clinic.