When fall arrives, children can’t adapt to the change of temperature, they are easy to catch a cold and fever. Whenever a baby has a fever, new moms are very nervous and have to take medicine and go to the hospital. Let’s take a look at the things about fever. 1, with what to measure the body temperature thermometer is a tool for measuring body temperature, the traditional thermometer for the mercury thermometer, more applicable to adults. Measurement of children’s body temperature, it is recommended to use an ear thermometer electronic thermometer. Sick babies tend to be more irritable and fidgety, so using a mercury thermometer is not only unsafe but also easy to measure inaccuracies. Use the ear thermometer, put the probe into the baby’s ear, less than a second to get an accurate body temperature, safe, fast and accurate. 2, fever will not burn the brain There is no provable correlation between untreated high fever and brain damage, epilepsy and death. The fever itself, if it does not cause febrile convulsions, will not cause substantial damage to any part of the body. Rather, the cause of the fever may cause pneumonia, encephalitis, or damage to other parts of the body. Therefore, the baby fever, in the control of high fever at the same time, through the doctor to help find the cause of the disease, the use of appropriate methods for the cause of the disease, in order to make the child quickly restore health. 3, how to take children’s antipyretic medication Temperature 38.5 ℃ can be used, the United States is recommended that the temperature exceeds 39.0 ℃ can be used, the role of the drug is to alleviate the symptoms, the most important thing is to look at the child’s state of mind and symptomatic manifestations. Physical cooling can be considered for temperatures below 38.5°C, such as allowing the baby to wear fewer clothes, taking a warm bath or using Kobayashi fever reducer patches. Acetaminophen for babies older than 3 months Acetaminophen is relatively less potent and less irritating, so it can be used for babies older than 3 months. The maximum daily dose of acetaminophen for children is 15 milligrams per kilogram of body weight every 4 hours, up to 4 times a day. Taking more than the maximum dose can cause liver and kidney damage. Ibuprofen for Babies 6 Months and Older Ibuprofen is slightly more potent than acetaminophen and takes longer to work, so doctors recommend it for babies 6 months and older. The maximum daily dosage of ibuprofen for children is 10 milligrams per kilogram of body weight every 6 hours, up to 4 times a day. Ibuprofen antipyretic is not suitable for patients with symptoms of dehydration 4, fever, when to go to the hospital 1-3 months baby, the temperature is higher than 38 ℃, should go to the hospital immediately. Word age stage, especially during the newborn period (0-28 days), more than 10% of the fever is caused by serious infections, such as bacteremia, meningitis, pneumonia, etc., and the immune system of newborns is very imperfect, which can easily lead to serious consequences. For children over 3 months old, it is important to determine the child’s mental status if observed at home, and to go to the hospital if the child is not in good spirits. It’s relatively easy to determine if a child is in good spirits. If the child still has the energy to play and interacts with adults, it means that he or she is still in good spirits. Babies with fever accompanied by headache, stiff neck, convulsions, sore throat, earache, rash or bruises on the body, repeated vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms should also go to the hospital. Persistent fever (lasting more than 24 hours for children under 2 years old and more than 3 days for children 2 years old and older), repeated temperatures over 40°C, or other conditions you don’t know in your heart should also go to the hospital.