What to do if your child vomits and has a fever

A child’s vomiting and fever may be caused by food accumulation or gastrointestinal colds, etc. It is necessary to reduce fever promptly and actively find the cause of vomiting and fever to give targeted treatment. The child in the fever due to the body immunity decline, gastrointestinal function will be weakened by the symptoms of vomiting, in the fever need to give the child to measure the temperature, if the temperature is not more than 38.5 degrees, you can carry out the physical cooling, such as warm water compresses on the forehead of the child, and so on. If the temperature has exceeded 38.5 degrees, it is necessary to take oral antipyretic medication under the guidance of a medical professional, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen oral solution. In the symptomatic antipyretic at the same time, also need to find the cause of vomiting fever, such as caused by food accumulation, can take domperidone suspension and so on to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, alleviate the accumulation of food; such as gastrointestinal cold caused by fever, can take patchouli particles and so on to improve the symptoms. There may be other reasons for your child’s vomiting and fever, so it is recommended that you go to the hospital in a timely manner for a complete examination to determine the cause of the illness, and then give targeted treatment or therapy. The medication should be taken according to the doctor’s instructions.