Children with a high fever of 39 degrees, may be acute upper respiratory tract infection, meningitis, toddler rash, etc., need to target to take general treatment, drug treatment.
1. Acute upper respiratory tract infection: may be caused by viral or bacterial infections, viral infections are mainly symptomatic treatment, high fever follow the doctor’s instructions to take antipyretic drugs, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, if the bacterial infection caused by the need for oral antibiotics, such as cephalosporin.
2. Meningitis: Most commonly seen in viral or bacterial infections, in the acute stage, often need to take intravenous fluid therapy, for viral infections can use acyclovir. If the bacterial infection is not determined before the pathogen, usually need to use cefotaxime, ceftriaxone injection, and for high fever antipyretic treatment.
3. Early childhood emergency rash: mainly symptomatic treatment, in the high fever timely use of antipyretic drugs and with physical cooling, such as paste antipyretic stickers, warm water baths, and so on.
Children with a high fever of 39 degrees should go to the hospital in time to identify the causes of targeted treatment, to avoid delay in treatment.