Two-year-old babies with fever in the middle of the night should be treated with antipyretic therapy while the cause of fever should be clarified and treated aggressively.
Fever is one of the common clinical symptoms in childhood. Children’s body temperature center development is not perfect, body temperature can be affected by a variety of factors. Fever at night may be caused by too thick clothing, room temperature and other factors, need to dynamically measure the baby’s body temperature changes, such as only a single temperature of 37.4 ℃, the general condition is good, and no conscious symptoms, is not a disease. No special treatment is needed.
For the clear morbid fever and body temperature has not reached 38.5 ℃ of the baby can use warm water on the forehead, reduce the clothing worn by the child and other physical methods of cooling, and encourage the child to drink more water, some of the baby’s body temperature can be gradually decreased; for the temperature of ≥ 38.5 ℃ of the baby also need to be used under the guidance of the doctor antipyretic drugs, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen and other antipyretic treatment.
At the same time for the cause of treatment is also very important for the recovery of body temperature, such as bacterial infection caused by respiratory tract infection, need to actively use cefaclor, cefdinir, etc. for anti-infection treatment; if it is a rheumatic immune disease, immunosuppressant treatment; if it is a hematological tumor-related diseases, chemotherapy, bone marrow transplantation and other treatments are needed.
All of the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication. There are many causes of fever in two-year-old babies, and it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to be evaluated and treated by a specialist.