How to Determine Your Child’s Fever When parents suspect that their child has a fever, they should take their baby’s temperature. In addition, family members must also consider whether it’s time to take their baby’s temperature when they experience the following. *Excessive sweating. *Dry, hot skin. *Very pale face, or unusual flushing. *Abnormally fast, slow, or paused breathing. *Cold symptoms: runny nose, stuffy nose, cough, hoarse voice, or sore throat. *Mood changes: restlessness or inattention, listlessness. *Baby’s own complaints of discomfort or pain in any part of the body. For example, baby says to himself, “Mommy, I think I’m sick”. *Children vomiting or having diarrhea The normal basal body temperature of a child is 36.9℃~37.5℃. Generally, when the body temperature exceeds the basal body temperature by more than 1℃, it can be considered as fever. In this case, hypothermia is when the body temperature fluctuates around 38℃, and hyperthermia is when the body temperature is above 39℃. Continuous fever for more than two weeks is called prolonged fever. The above basal body temperature refers to the rectal temperature, i.e., measured from the anus, the general oral temperature is lower than its 0.3 ℃ ~ 0.5 ℃, the axillary temperature is lower than the oral temperature 0.3 ℃ ~ 0.5 ℃. Many parents are very anxious when their children have a fever, and they hold their children around for medical treatment when their body temperature is slightly high. In fact, the child’s body temperature is below 37.4 ℃ are normal, life care good, the fever will go down. When your child’s temperature is between 37.4℃ and 38.5℃, the benefits of fever outweigh the disadvantages. Because a low fever will accelerate the child’s metabolism, there will be anti-viral substances produced, there is no need to urgently reduce the fever. When the child’s temperature is above 38.5°C, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, and parents must take the child to the doctor. While giving the child antipyretic medication, parents can also take physical cooling to lower the child’s temperature. It is important to note that the temperature does not indicate the severity of the illness, as many illnesses can be characterized by fever. If your child’s fever is not very high, but he or she is not in good spirits, it means that the illness is not necessarily mild, so parents should not be careless. For example, if the child has a dull expression, is unable to drink water, has red spots on the body, or has cramps, especially localized cramps, it means the illness is serious and requires immediate medical attention. Summer is the high incidence of viral encephalitis, an infectious disease of the central nervous system that brings serious consequences and can even damage the nervous system. Usually the child will have convulsions and blurred consciousness. Fever can also occur during the incubation period of some infectious diseases, such as measles, mumps, hand, foot and mouth disease, and from the end of August to November, there will be an increase in the number of children with diarrhea caused by rotavirus infections, which are usually characterized by colds and diarrhea accompanied by a low-grade fever.