For infants and young children, a body temperature of more than 37.5℃ can be called fever.
Fever is one of the most common clinical symptoms in pediatrics, the development of pediatric body temperature center is not perfect, the body temperature can be affected by a variety of factors, such as gender, age, race; can be fluctuated due to day and night and season, low in the early morning, a little higher in the afternoon, a little higher in the summer; breastfeeding, after meals, exercise, crying, clothing and blankets are too thick, the room temperature is too high, and emotional fluctuations and so on, can be made slightly higher than the temperature of 37.5 ℃ or so.
Normal body temperature is generally 36 ~ 37 ° C, such as just an individual once the temperature reaches 37.4 ° C, the general condition is good, and there is no self-awareness of the symptoms, is not sick. 37.5 ~ 38 ° C for low fever, 38.1 ~ 38.9 ° C for moderate fever, 39 ~ 41 ° C for high fever, ≥ 41 ° C for ultra-high fever.
Because of the young age of infants and children, when the symptoms of fever appear, parents need to carry out physical cooling, if the temperature ≥ 38.5 ° C also need to give ibuprofen and acetaminophen and other medications to reduce fever treatment, to improve the adverse symptoms of the child.
There are many causes of fever in infants and young children, and it is recommended that they be seen promptly for evaluation and management by a specialist. All of the above medications should be used under the supervision of a physician and avoid self-medication.