Children with a fever of 38.5 degrees can be relieved by drinking more water, physical cooling, daily care and medication if necessary. 1. Drink more water: When a child has a fever, the body functions to produce heat faster and lose more water, parents need to give the child timely supplemental water to promote urination, to help the baby will heat out of the body. 2. Physical cooling: you can use antipyretic patches on the child’s forehead or wipe the baby’s body with lukewarm water to help lower the temperature. 3. Daily care: Parents should pay attention to the child’s appropriate amount of clothing, light diet, avoid spicy cold food. 4. medication: children with a fever of 38.5 degrees, the general treatment does not relieve, in the use of physical methods to assist in the treatment at the same time, can be used under the guidance of the doctor ibuprofen suspension and other antipyretic drugs to reduce the symptoms of fever. The child has a fever of 38.5 degrees, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the blood routine and other related tests, clear cause, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.