Children’s chills in the middle of the night may be related to the environment, fever, malnutrition, etc. Parents can add blankets to keep the child warm, help reduce fever and supplemental nutrition.
1. Environment: children’s chills in the middle of the night may be indoor cold, the child covered by a thin quilt caused by cold, parents are advised to give the child a thicker quilt, or turn on the indoor heating to change the indoor temperature.
2. Fever: children in the middle of the night chills may also be caused by fever, fever needs to be determined first low fever or high fever, such as temperature below 38.5 ℃, you can feed the child more water, with a hot towel to wipe the body to help reduce fever; such as temperature higher than 38.5 ℃, you can give the child under the guidance of the doctor to take ibuprofen and other oral medications to help reduce fever.
3. Malnutrition: children with chills in the middle of the night may also be caused by malnutrition, the child’s body lack of calcium, vitamins and other nutrients caused by the parents are advised to pay attention to the child’s diet and nutritional balance, and urge the child to correct picky eating, partiality of food eating habits.
When a child has chills in the middle of the night with other symptoms, parents can also consider sending their children to the hospital in time to avoid delays.