Hot weather, many babies are often sweaty, red face, but you do not think that this is all caused by summer fever. Summer babies are prone to fever, and parents should not take it lightly. Distinguish between summer fever and infectious diseases caused by fever What is summer fever Summer fever is also known as summer fever, as the name suggests is a fever that occurs in the hot summer season, common in 6 months to 3 years old baby. Mainly because the baby’s nervous system is not well developed, poor thermoregulation, sweating function is not sound, resulting in poor sweating, slow heat dissipation, resulting in persistent fever, sometimes the heat course can last about 1 ~ 3 months, body temperature is mostly between 37.5 ℃ ~ 38.5 ℃, rarely more than 39 ℃ or more. The hotter the climate, the higher the baby’s body temperature, even after taking fever-reducing medicines, can not make the body temperature drop, until the cooler weather in the fall to heal naturally. Doctors often summarize the symptoms of summer fever as “three more and one less”: more fever, more drinking, more urination and less sweating. Summer fever at the beginning of the baby’s spirit and appetite are good, in addition to high body temperature when there is drowsiness, no other serious neurological symptoms, but the fever for a long time, the baby will inevitably appear appetite and pale, thin and weak symptoms of consumption, to the hospital to do the routine blood, stool routine and other tests, generally there is no pathological changes. The next year can still recur, and some children can last for 2 to 3 years. Fever caused by other infections The duration of this type of fever is usually much shorter, and most of them are caused by viruses or bacteria, such as purulent tonsillitis, BSE, pneumonia, urinary tract infections and so on. The most common of these diseases are upper respiratory tract infections, mostly viral, often with other accompanying symptoms such as nasal congestion, cough, and corresponding abnormal changes in laboratory indicators. For most parents who do not study medicine, if the baby in the summer fever, it is difficult to distinguish between summer fever or other infections caused by fever, and therefore should not be careless, should take the baby to the hospital in time to do some routine checks to find out the possible causes of fever. Cooling & Nursing Measures for Summer Fever Regardless of the cause of the fever, proper cooling and reasonable nursing care are very important. Environmental Cooling When your baby has a summer fever, you should first put your baby in a cool room, open the windows and doors to ventilate the room, or turn on an electric fan or air conditioner to circulate the air in the room and bring down the temperature. Precautions: Place the electric fan in a place far away from the baby, can not blow directly at the baby, and do not fix blowing in one direction, can blow against the wall, so that the return wind blowing on the baby; give the baby blowing fan time is not too long, the wind speed is not too large, you can use the wind power soft or sleep function. If the baby is to open the air conditioning, the room temperature control at 26 ℃ is more appropriate, the wind does not blow directly to the baby, timed indoor ventilation. Give your baby more water Cool boiled water is a good choice, you can also drink some light salt boiled water or watermelon juice to help sweating, prevent dehydration, and has a good effect on lowering fever. Warm baths For high fevers that persist, opting for warm baths is now generally recognized as the best approach. Use than the child’s body temperature is about 3 ℃ ~ 4 ℃ of warm water bath, each 20 ~ 30 minutes; or with warm water wipe limbs, chest, forehead, neck and other large blood vessels, cooling effect is very good. Clothing loose and light Fever baby should try to wear less clothes, timely use of towels to wipe off the chest, back, armpits and face and forehead of the sweat, sweating in a timely manner to the baby to change underwear. Don’t overdress your baby in clothes that are too tight, wear soft, loose and sweat-absorbent clothes. Bathe your baby regularly, change clothes or diapers regularly, and keep the skin clean and hygienic. Pay attention to diet Try to let the baby eat less greasy and stimulating food, and pay attention to dietary nutrition and easy to digest. In summer, give your baby food that can detoxify, reduce summer heat, clear heat, nourish the stomach, produce fluids, quench thirst and diuretic effect, such as watermelon, winter melon, green bean soup, lily soup, sour plum soup and so on. Medications For babies with summer fever, we first use physical cooling methods, if the body temperature is lower than 38.5 ℃, energetic, good spirits, do not need to use antipyretic drugs. If the body temperature is above 38.5 ℃, persistent high fever, need to give antipyretic drugs, such as Merrill Lynch, Tylenol or ibuprofen suppositories and other oral drugs or suppositories. Remember not to use antibiotics arbitrarily, but seek medical attention to find the cause of fever and treat it correctly, so as not to worsen the condition and cause damage to the baby’s body.