The baby in the middle of the night high fever may be caused by viral or bacterial infection, the need for symptomatic treatment as well as causative treatment, such as timely cooling, if necessary, to comply with the doctor’s instructions for the use of antibiotics, such as amoxicillin as well as cefdinir and so on.
1. Symptomatic treatment: the baby fever reached 38.5 ℃ to timely cooling treatment, so as not to lead to hyperthermia convulsions, such as more to the baby to drink warm water, reduce the wearing of clothing, to maintain indoor air circulation, but also to the baby to use warm water to wipe the body. You also need to use antipyretic drugs under the guidance of a doctor, such as ibuprofen suspension or acetaminophen;
2. Treatment of the cause: need to actively take the baby to the regular hospital, clear what causes fever, in targeted treatment, if it is a viral infection, due to the virus has self-limiting, the course of the disease usually does not exceed one week, usually do not need special treatment, only symptomatic treatment can be.
If the fever is caused by bacterial infection, antibacterial treatment is needed, such as amoxicillin and cefdinir and other antibiotics can be used under the guidance of the doctor to treat.
If the baby recurrent fever, need to go to the regular hospital for further examination, clear specific causes, and then targeted treatment.