From the clinical point of view, high fever generally refers to a body temperature between 39.1 and 41 ℃. High fever in the middle of the night is usually caused by infectious and non-infectious factors.
1. Infectious factors: acute infections of the upper respiratory tract, digestive tract, urinary tract and skin caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and other pathogens. Such as pneumonia, lung abscess, encephalitis, meningitis, urinary tract infection, hemorrhagic fever and acute biliary tract infection. Antibacterial anti-inflammatory and infection control treatment can be carried out under the guidance of the doctor.
2. Non-infectious factors: such as connective tissue disease, leukemia, malignant tumors, abnormalities in the thermoregulatory center and heatstroke can cause high fever in the middle of the night, which should be examined in time, including imaging, cytology and hematology, etc., so as to clarify the cause of the disease and then carry out the treatment of the original disease.
If high fever occurs, you can carry out a full-body bath or ice pack cold compress for physical cooling, so as to avoid the occurrence of febrile convulsions (due to high fever caused by convulsions and seizures). At the same time, it is necessary to send to the hospital as soon as possible, under the guidance of the doctor for medication to lower the temperature and the treatment of the original disease, if sweating more, it may cause dehydration reaction, must be timely rehydration.