Baby fever, mothers are how to baby fever? Apply ice bags, cover sweat ……OH, NO! These are wrong, not only did not give the baby fever, but also played a counterproductive effect. The five misunderstandings of the baby’s fever, mothers should pay attention! How to deal with baby fever In general, baby fever is divided into 3 kinds: low fever 37.5 degrees Celsius – 38 degrees Celsius; medium fever 38.1 degrees Celsius – 39 degrees Celsius; high fever 39.1 degrees Celsius – 40 degrees Celsius. 38.5 degrees Celsius can be used to help physical heat dissipation by rubbing the body with warm water. If the fever is above 38.5 degrees Celsius, you need to seek medical treatment. When a fever is detected, the baby must be cooled down first, especially if the child has febrile convulsions. You can give your baby a warm bath for physical cooling if he or she is in good spirits. When the baby has a fever, wipe the neck, armpits, elbow sockets, thigh roots and other large blood vessels that are out of shape with warm water at 40 degrees to 50 degrees to help cool the baby down. The 5 major misconceptions when reducing fever 1, cover the fever to retreat sweat The old people have a native recipe: cover with a quilt to sweat after a cold. For adults, this sometimes does work, but it is not suitable for babies. Analysis of the reasons: the baby’s extremities are not enough blood supply, the nervous system development has not been perfect, if wrapped too tightly, but can not dissipate heat, while leading to dehydration, metabolic acidosis, more serious will also cause brain hypoxia. There is a clinical disease that belongs exclusively to children – “masked syndrome”. 2, fever on eating antipyretic medicine Many mothers think that fever is bad, can not see baby fever. In fact, fever is an immune protective response of the body’s immune system to defend against infection. Analysis of the reasons: research has proved that the various immune functions in the body at the time of fever are better than when the body temperature is normal. These immune functions can inhibit the growth and reproduction of pathogens and facilitate recovery. If premature forced cooling with drugs, there are not only the side effects of antipyretic drugs themselves, but also frustrated the body’s natural defenses, so that the course of the disease is prolonged, but also may be due to fever and cover up the symptoms, resulting in difficulties in the diagnosis of the original disease, delaying treatment. 3, cooling with ice bags Ice bags are commonly used in patients with high fever, however, this method is not suitable for small infants. Reason analysis: small infants have a relatively large body surface area, poor thermoregulatory function, the external temperature is too low, especially the local application of large areas of ice bags, it is easy to make the subcutaneous fat coagulation and hard swelling. 4, with a high fever baby waiting for medical treatment The phenomenon of long queues of national doctors is very common. Many mothers rush to the hospital without any treatment after the baby has a high fever and wait in line for the doctor to handle it, which is very dangerous. Reason analysis: A high fever over 39℃ has a greater impact on health, so when your baby has a high fever, you should first give your baby oral antipyretics and then go to the hospital and wait in line to see a doctor. In the process of seeing a doctor if the baby continues to have a high fever, do not blindly queue, timely contact with the doctor, the doctor will generally be flexible. 5, soak in the bath to cool down the bath is a fashionable method of health today, moderate water temperature acts on the parasympathetic nerves, so that people relax physically and mentally, but this method does not work for feverish babies. Analysis of the reasons: the bath water temperature is too high, the body stimulation to strengthen the sympathetic nerves will play a role, making the body into a state of excitement. On the contrary, the water temperature is too low, after the bath is like adding frost to the baby, and will aggravate the cold.