If the child’s fever does not go down after taking antipyretics, it may be due to irregular use of medication, slow onset of medication, dehydration, severe infection, etc. The cause needs to be identified in a timely manner, and symptomatic treatment needs to be given.
The use of drugs is not standardized: for example, the dose of drugs is not enough to achieve the therapeutic concentration, resulting in a persistent temperature does not go down.
Slow onset of medication: Due to the difference in individual’s physique and condition, the medication may take different time to work, some may take an hour or so before the fever starts to subside.
Dehydration: Dehydration makes it difficult for the body to sweat out heat, resulting in a persistent temperature that does not go down. It is necessary to rehydrate in a timely manner, measure the body temperature frequently and observe the changes in the condition.
Severe infections: For example, sepsis, myocarditis and other diseases, the baby will have repeated fever, and it is difficult for the body temperature to drop to normal.
Difficulty in reducing fever due to other diseases: such as Kawasaki disease, infectious mononucleosis and other diseases.
Children taking antipyretic medicine does not reduce fever, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.