How to reduce fever in young children

  Fever is one of the symptoms that occur more frequently in young children as they grow. Pediatric fever with a temperature of 37.5°C-38°C is low fever, 38°C-39°C is moderate fever, over 39°C is high fever, and over 41°C is super high fever. Therefore, its fever reduction method also needs to be based on the specific body temperature. If a child has a fever lower than 38 ℃, and does not appear to refuse food, poor spirit, irritability and other manifestations, the following methods can be used to lower the temperature: 1, fever in children commonly used massage techniques (1) clear the lung meridian: in the child’s ring finger palm surface, with the thumb finger from the root to the fingertip straight push 100-300 times, or push 1-2 minutes.  (2) Clear Tianheshui: Tianheshui is in the middle of the inner forearm, from the transverse wrist line to the elbow line in a straight line, use the index finger and middle finger to push from the transverse wrist line to the elbow line, push 100-200 times.  (3) retreat six internal organs: in the outer forearm elbow joint to the little finger side of the wrist, push from the elbow to the wrist with the thumb finger, push 100 times, pushing action should be light, even and soft.  2, young children with fever commonly used physical cooling (1) towel warm wet compress: the towel soaked in warm water wrung into a semi-dry, put on the forehead of the child or the armpit, groin and other large blood vessels, to achieve the purpose of cooling.  (2) warm water bath: that is, with a towel dipped in warm water wipe the whole body, the temperature of the water is 32 ℃ -34 ℃, each wipe time 10-20 minutes, focusing on the axilla, elbow, groin and other places.  (3) Loose being heat dissipation: when fever is present, infants should not be wrapped in thick quilts, avoid wearing too thick clothes, high fever should be loosely wrapped quilts, untie the collar buckle and trouser belt to facilitate heat dissipation.  If the fever reaches 38.5℃ or more, the infant should seek medical attention promptly. In addition to physical cooling, oral treatment with antipyretic drugs such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen is required. Among them, young children can use pediatric ibuprofen suppository anal medication to cool down the fever, which is effective and cools down relatively quickly.