Parents might want to think twice before reaching for aspirin or ibuprofen to bring down a child’s fever.

One in three parents give their kids fever-reducing medicine when it’s not really needed, a new study from Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan found.

In response to a poll, 33% of parents said they would administer meds if their kids had a fever below 100.4°F. 

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Half of them would medicate if their kids ran a fever between 100.4°F and 101.9°F. 

One-quarter of the parents would even add an extra dose to keep the fever at bay, according to the study.

The data was gathered between August 2022 and September 2022 from 1,376 parents of kids 12 years old and younger.

Dr. Tiffany N. Kimbrough, medical director at the Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, was not involved in the study but pointed out that during COVID, many parents may have gotten a break from managing common childhood illnesses.

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"Over the last few years, there was a decreased transmission of viral illnesses and fewer ear infections," she told Fox News Digital via email. 

"Parents of young children may be managing fevers this season for the first time and may be worried about them being dangerous — leading to the over-treatment of temperatures that do not technically meet the cut-off of a true fever," she said.

Another reason for over-treatment is that there aren’t many approved medications for routine childhood illnesses, the doctor added. 

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