What to do about recurrent fever in children

  Because children’s immune function is not fully developed, it is more difficult for them to adapt to the external environment and they are prone to unexplained fever, and their body temperature tends to rise sharply after the fever subsides, resulting in recurrent fever.  What should I do if my child has recurrent fever? Fever is a relatively common condition, the treatment of fever can be divided into physical cooling and medication, the child’s body temperature does not exceed 38 ℃ without the use of medication, physical therapy can be, common physical therapy are drinking more water or fresh fruit and vegetable juice, soak in a warm bath, paste medical fever patch, etc., can effectively reduce the body temperature. Parents should always pay attention to the baby’s mental state and temperature changes, in order to timely treatment. If the body temperature is higher than 38.5℃, medication is needed, such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen. For medication, it is recommended to use it under the guidance of a doctor and not to apply it without authorization.  The child repeatedly fever care measures: 1, warm water swabbing bath: remove clothing, wipe the neck, underarms, limbs and groin with a warm water towel, try to use moderate temperature water for swabbing bath, to the parents of the inner wrist skin is not hot appropriate, and constantly wipe until the skin of these parts slightly red can be, this can stretch the blood vessels of the skin, release heat, the body surface evaporation of water vapor, can also take away part of the body heat .  2, maintain the room temperature and humidity: the room temperature will be maintained at roughly 22 to 24 ℃, humidity is maintained at about 60%. Indoor ventilation to keep the air fresh.  3, reduce clothing or wrapping: If the child’s limbs are warm and hot, and there is a body sweating, need to release heat, not wrapped too tightly, you can give the child to take off extra clothing or less clothing to facilitate heat dissipation.  4, with the help of ice pillows: ice bags, fever patches can facilitate the release of heat from the body, but for younger children, it is best not to use ice pillows and ice bags, because this method may lead to hypothermia or lead to cold in some parts of the baby’s body.  It is important to note that children should not be given arbitrary medication. If the temperature is too high or persistently does not subside, the child’s mental state is poor or accompanied by other discomfort, the child should be taken to the hospital as soon as possible to find the real cause of the fever, rather than just reducing the fever, symptomatic treatment is the key.