What to do when a child has an unexplained fever

Children do not know the cause of fever, can be seen in neurological diseases, respiratory diseases or hematologic diseases, specific interventions need to be decided according to the cause, such as influenza children need to use oseltamivir phosphate, the course of the disease is reasonable use of ibuprofen and other reasonable antipyretic.
1. Neurological diseases: such as intracranial infections, fever may occur during the course of the disease, which may be accompanied by convulsions, vomiting, headache or mental depression and other symptoms.
For this kind of children, if you consider bacterial infection, you need to use antibacterial drugs, such as ceftazidime anti-infection treatment, if you consider viral infection, you need to use antiviral drugs, such as acyclovir treatment, and at the same time for the temperature exceeds 38.5 ℃ you need to use antipyretic drugs such as ibuprofen and other reasonable treatment.
2. Respiratory system diseases: such as influenza children, may also appear the above symptoms, considering the disease need to use oseltamivir phosphate treatment, the course of the disease reasonable antipyretic symptomatic treatment, pay attention to rest, drink more water.
3. Hematologic diseases: such as acute leukemia, may appear unexplained fever, may be accompanied by skin and mucous membrane hemorrhages, improve the bone marrow aspiration examination can assist in the diagnosis, consider that the disease needs to be treated with chemotherapy, such as the use of vincristine, Zoerythromycin and so on.
4. Other: such as Kawasaki disease, can also appear in the above phenomenon, can be accompanied by skin rash, chapped lips or hands and feet, etc., part of the perfect cardiac ultrasound can be seen in the coronary artery dilation, etc., to consider that the disease needs to be used in the treatment of gammaglobulin, aspirin and so on.
Children do not know the cause of fever, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, complete the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment. The above medication should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.