Wukong Health Navigator · Pediatrics · Acute Illness & Fever
Standing on the shoulders of Dr. Robert H. Pantell · Dr. Paul L. Aronson · Dr. Prashant V. Mahajan
Fever and common childhood illness — but the hard teaching is 'triage the child, not the thermometer'; the same tripwires pull a child OUT of 'just a virus' to the ER.
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Acute Illness & Fever sub-navigator in the Wukong pediatrics family — parent-facing. Covers fever and the high-frequency childhood illnesses: ear infections, strep throat, croup, bronchiolitis/RSV (the #1 cause of infant hospitalization), gastroenteritis with dehydration, common rashes including hand-foot-mouth disease, and constipation. The hard teaching is 'triage the child, not the thermometer' — fever height is not the danger; behavior and hydration are what matter. The same emergency tripwires pull a child OUT of 'just a virus': fever under 3 months, a septic look, a non-blanching rash, respiratory distress, severe dehydration, or a first seizure — keyed to the NICE traffic-light system. NOT a doctor.