Fever is the body mobilizing its own immune system, which is a manifestation of the child’s use of its own immunity to fight the virus, but, on the contrary, it is detrimental to the child’s health if excessive methods are used to reduce fever. In pediatric clinics, fever is a very common symptom among children, especially during the high season of influenza, children with fever patches on their heads can be seen everywhere in pediatric clinics. When a child has a fever, many parents seem very nervous, anxious and overwhelmed, and they always worry that the fever will burn their little one’s brain. Fever is the body mobilizing its own immune system to make it work better to prevent infection. This is a sign that the child is using its immunity to fight the virus, and in the process of fighting the fever, the child’s immunity is constantly being improved. And ordinary fevers usually do not damage the child’s brain; on the contrary, it would be detrimental to the child’s health to use an overly aggressive approach to reduce fever. Myth #1: Sweat out the fever by “covering the fever” I often hear some parents say, “Take some medicine, cover for a while, and then sweat out the fever,” and some parents think that children are afraid of cold fever, so they have to wear more, cover more, so three layers, three layers outside the child The parents of the child, who is wrapped up tightly, only to reveal a small face that is holding red, sweating to reduce the fever by covering the heat is also quite a lot, in fact, this practice is not scientific. When a child has a fever, the peripheral circulation becomes poor and the hands and feet may feel a little cold, but this is not because the child is not wearing enough. The correct approach: When your child has a fever, undress him or her slightly to allow adequate heat dissipation and pay attention to keeping the room air moving, but pay attention to keeping your baby’s hands and feet warm. Myth 2: You can’t take a bath with fever or a cold water bath with fever Some parents feel that their child has a fever and can’t take a bath, it’s easy to catch a cold if you take a bath, and some parents think that if the child has a fever, help him take a cold water bath to help him cool down, in fact, both of these practices are incorrect. The correct approach: a warm bath for a feverish child is more conducive to heat dissipation, and if bathing is inconvenient, a warm bath is also a very effective way to cool down. After bathing or rubbing with warm water, dry the whole body quickly and put on dry clothes to avoid catching cold. Myth 3: A fever immediately with antipyretic drugs Some parents immediately give their children a variety of antipyretic drugs as soon as they see a fever, and immediately change to another antipyretic drug when it does not work immediately after eating the drug. In fact, this is also incorrect. The correct approach: Generally speaking, we recommend physical cooling for children with a body temperature below 38.5°C. Only when the temperature exceeds 38.5°C are antipyretics given along with physical cooling. There are many different kinds of antipyretics on the market, and parents should choose the best children’s form of antipyretics, especially for small infants, who can use some drops of antipyretics. In the process of using antipyretics, parents also need to pay attention to the fact that if the child’s temperature still does not come down after taking antipyretics, you should not immediately use another antipyretic or replace it with another antipyretic, but only after an interval of 4-6 hours, and also pay attention to drinking more water to facilitate cooling. Myth 4: Children with high fever should also wait for the doctor to see and then deal with some parents worry that giving their children antipyretic drugs will affect the doctor’s accurate judgment of the condition, or do not know what drugs to use for the child, so the child has been burned to the red cheeks also still do not give the child active cooling, must wait to see the doctor, or the child has a high fever, not to deal with at home directly to carry over the hospital If the child has a high fever, he or she should wait anxiously outside the consultation room. The correct approach: If the child has a fever of 38.5 degrees Celsius or more, you should actively cool the child first, especially if the baby has a high fever, if a long time high fever is not dealt with, it is easy to cause children febrile convulsions, syncope and other occurrences. In short, when a child has a fever, parents should pay more attention to the child’s behavior, rather than just focus on the temperature figures, if the child’s mental state is okay, there is no need to worry too much, but it should be reminded that the immune system of small children within 3 months of age is not yet mature, can not fight off infection on their own, once there is a fever, it is still recommended to take to the hospital to the doctor to see, it is best not to give the child their own It is best not to self-medicate your child.