The child has been high fever 39~40 degrees does not go down, may and infection or non-infectious factors related. You should take medication to lower the temperature, during the period with physical cooling, is conducive to the body temperature back to normal, but also need to actively take the cause of the treatment.
1. medication: children have been high fever 39 ~ 40 degrees does not go down, need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take antipyretic drugs to reduce fever, in order to prevent the emergence of fever convulsions and so on, common is ibuprofen, acetaminophen and so on.
2. Physical cooling: after taking antipyretic drugs, you can also enhance the efficacy of physical cooling, such as giving the child more water, warm towels to wipe the child’s skin, increase the area of skin heat dissipation, conducive to fever. You can also put a cooling patch on the child’s forehead, which can help the body cool down.
There are many reasons why a child’s fever does not go down, after symptomatic treatment, parents should take the child to the doctor for examination, to clarify the cause of the fever does not go down, and follow the doctor’s instructions for the treatment of the original disease.