Baby low fever is recommended to dissipate the heat mainly, because the baby body surface area is small, heat dissipation function itself is relatively poor, the more cover the body temperature will be higher.
The most common symptom in childhood is fever. Normal body temperature is generally 36 ~ 37 ℃, 37.5 ~ 38 ℃ for low fever, 38.1 ~ 38.9 ℃ for moderate fever, 39 ~ 41 ℃ for high fever, ≥ 41 ℃ for super high fever.
Because the baby’s body surface area is smaller than adults, its cooling function is poorer than adults, so when the baby has a low fever, it is recommended to focus on cooling, avoid covering the heat, so as to avoid the body’s excess heat can not be discharged, resulting in the baby to have convulsions, convulsions and so on.
Babies with low fever first need to carry out physical cooling, commonly used methods, including warm towels on children’s foreheads, warm baths, reduce the wearing of clothing, antipyretic patches, antipyretic blankets, fans, and reduce indoor temperatures, etc., all of these methods can be through conduction, convection and evaporation to take away the body’s heat, so that children with fever feel comfortable.
It is also important to treat the cause of the illness to restore the body temperature. Respiratory tract infections caused by bacterial infections can be treated with drugs such as cefixime, cefaclor, amoxicillin, etc., while influenza viral infections can be treated with oseltamivir.
There are many other causes of low-grade fever in babies, and it is recommended that they be seen promptly and evaluated by a specialist. All of the above medications should be used under a doctor’s supervision, avoid self-medication.