“The baby has a fever, hurry up and reduce his fever!” Even though baby fever is very common, every time you face a baby fever, parents still have worries in their hearts and still want their baby’s temperature to return to normal soon. But sometimes, your starting point is good, but the method may not be right. It is easy to dehydrate This is a method of reducing fever that has been passed down from generation to generation, but it is better not to use it now, because the baby’s fever temperature is already high, give him too much clothing or cover thick quilt, but is not conducive to skin heat dissipation, cooling, the more cover the body temperature may be higher, if the baby sweats too much, but also easy to cause baby dehydration, inducing febrile convulsions. When you have a fever, the pores of your skin are contracted, and the heat in your body is not easily dissipated. If the ambient temperature is high, the pores of the skin will expand and the heat in the body can be dissipated through the skin. If an ice pack is applied or cold water is rubbed on the body, the blood vessels of the skin will contract and the skin will be like a brick wall, so the heat cannot be distributed. After the skin is cold, the body surface temperature is indeed lowered, but if the anal temperature or mouth temperature is measured at this time, it will be found that the baby’s internal temperature is higher because the heat in the body can not be dissipated, and this situation will make the baby more uncomfortable. Great stimulation, alcohol poisoning Alcohol wiping is also a common method to reduce fever in the past. Wiping the skin with diluted alcohol makes the skin capillaries dilate, accelerates the evaporation of water, and takes away the heat from the body surface through the volatile effect of alcohol to lower the body temperature. But wiping with alcohol may cause rapid stretching and contraction of the baby’s skin, which is more stimulating to the baby, and if the alcohol is not diluted enough, it may be absorbed into the baby’s body through the baby’s tender skin, causing alcohol poisoning in the baby, so now doctors do not advocate parents to use this method to cool their babies. The effect of fever is not good The body temperature exceeds 38.5 ℃ to give the baby to eat antipyretic drugs, but some parents say that the effect of antipyretic drugs is not good, the fever does not go down. This has to do with the baby drinking a lot of water. It is important to know that in order to get heat out of the body, a carrier is needed, which is water, that is, heat is brought out through sweating or urination. The effectiveness of fever reduction has a great deal to do with the adequacy of hydration. If your baby does not drink water, even if you take antipyretic medicine, the effect of reducing fever will not be good. Some mothers are reluctant to give their babies medicine, worrying about the side effects of the medicine, so they do not give their babies fever medicine even if the baby burns to 38.5℃ or more than 39℃. This practice is also not right. A baby’s body temperature over 38.5℃ will consume energy and make the baby mentally weak and very uncomfortable. At this time, he should be given antipyretic medicine to lower the temperature and relieve the baby’s pain, while allowing the baby to preserve his strength to cope with the disease. Acetaminophen and ibuprofen are both very safe fever reducers and can be given to your baby at the recommended dose according to your baby’s weight. Gastrointestinal disorders and compromised immune system Many parents believe that infusions are quick to reduce fever and hope to get their baby’s fever down quickly in this way. In fact, nowadays, oral antipyretics for children usually take effect within 30 minutes after taking them, and they are safer with fewer side effects. More infusions will not only lead to loss of appetite and gastrointestinal disorders, but also damage to the baby’s immune system, which will also have an impact on his long-term health. 1, every half an hour or so to take the baby’s temperature, body temperature in 38.5 ℃ or less, you can use the physical cooling method. You can use physical cooling methods such as warm baths, warm baths and turning down the room temperature appropriately to help your baby get rid of the heat in his body; 2. If your baby’s body temperature exceeds 38.5℃, take oral antipyretics under the guidance of your doctor to relieve the pain caused by a body temperature that is too high for your baby. Pediatricians recommend two main ingredients of fever reducers for infants and children: acetaminophen and ibuprofen; 3. When giving fever reducers to babies, it is recommended to choose a single fever-reducing drug when only two or three fever-reducing drugs are taken a day to reduce fever, because each additional drug doubles the risk of taking the wrong drug. In addition, once an adverse reaction occurs, it is difficult to identify which drug is responsible, so do not alternate between two kinds of antipyretic drugs when one can effectively reduce fever; 4. Be sure to give your baby enough water, drink warm water in small amounts several times, and if your baby does not want to drink plain water, you can let him drink diluted juice. Drinking water is good for helping to dissipate heat through metabolism and can replenish lost water to prevent deficiency; 5, keep indoor air circulation, neither doors and windows closed, nor blowing through the wind, indoor temperature should not be hot and cold; 6, try to let the baby rest more, to ensure adequate sleep. Diet should be light, refreshing, not greasy.