Many mothers are not very clear about the care of their babies with fever, so here is a detailed explanation for mothers. How many degrees of baby’s body temperature is considered fever The normal baby’s basic body temperature is 36.9℃~37.5℃. Infants within one year of age have a normal body temperature of 37.5°C or less. The reason is that the baby’s thermoregulatory center is not yet mature, that is, the ability to control the body temperature is not strong enough, resulting in the baby’s body temperature will be affected by the environmental temperature. Generally, when the body temperature exceeds the basal body temperature by more than 1℃, it can be considered as fever. Among them, hypothermia means that the body temperature fluctuates around 38℃, and high fever when the body temperature is above 39℃. A fever of more than two weeks in a row is called a prolonged fever. The baby fever is not all bad The child has a fever, many parents do not distinguish the reason, immediately with antipyretic drugs, which is a big taboo in medical care, fever is not all bad, first of all, fever is a signal to report the baby sick, and secondly, fever is conducive to mobilize the baby’s body immune function, is conducive to kill and remove germs, viruses, and promote the healing of disease. How to deal with baby fever When the baby’s axillary temperature is lower than 38.5 ℃, take physical cooling, it is recommended to give your baby more water, appropriate reduction of clothing, and then observe the temperature to see, if it continues to rise, we need to check the blood routine, in order to treat the symptoms with drugs. If the axillary temperature is above 38.5℃, you can use physical cooling plus oral antipyretics or see a doctor. Physical cooling methods: When the baby’s armpit temperature is below 38.5 ℃, using a warm water bath is physical cooling, with a warm wet towel bath at about 37 ℃, wipe the whole body, including the baby’s forehead and face. The principle of fever reduction is to let the skin blood vessels expand, so that the body temperature is distributed, and the evaporation of water vapor left on the body after the warm wet towel wipe will also take away part of the body heat. Infants and children have a large body surface area, and warm baths are more effective at reducing fever than adults and older children. Some studies have shown that the efficacy of combining warm water baths with antipyretic drugs to reduce fever is more effective than drug cooling alone. When the weather is warm, you can choose to give your baby a warm bath directly, the focus is to control the water temperature, the water temperature is best to maintain between 38 to 40 ℃. Note: Alcohol rubbing baths are prohibited for small infants, and ice pillows are prohibited for infants and children without expressive skills. How to use antipyretic drugs? The use of antipyretics is symptomatic treatment, which can only briefly lower the body temperature and increase the body’s comfort. In principle, it is recommended to use them above the axillary temperature of 38.5℃, and the number of times should not be too many, the interval should not be too close, and avoid overuse to avoid hypothermia and damage to liver and kidney functions. The commonly used dosage forms for children are oral and suppository, of which oral dosage is the most commonly used way and usually starts to take effect about half an hour after taking; suppository is directly absorbed through the rectal mucosa and is suitable for those who cannot take it orally or those who need immediate cooling for high fever convulsions, and is not suitable for children with diarrhea. Babies with fever need to pay attention to hydration Babies with fever should need more water and food every day than usual, but it is usually not easy to replenish because they are not feeling well. The easiest way to give oral hydration to an irritable or sleeping baby is to squeeze water from a dropper with a rubber-tipped dropper, about 1 to 2 ml per dropper, and feed it drop by drop without choking the baby. Babies in fever need easily digestible food, eat less and more often, avoid overfeeding so as not to increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, generally the amount of single food is about 2/3 of the usual amount, and the total amount is preferably one or two percent more than usual. Fever cases requiring immediate medical attention 1.Baby within 3 months 2.Baby with fever over 40℃ lasting for 24 hours and little or no urine 3.Baby with low fever lasting for more than 4 days 4.Baby with fever causing convulsion 5.Baby with violent vomiting or difficulty in swallowing 6.Baby with shortness of breath and purple lips 7.Baby with poor mental activity and even lethargy 8.Baby with fever receding and rising again after 24 hours