Infant fever symptoms vary according to the pre-fever stage, temperature rise stage, and high temperature persistence stage.
1. Pre-fever: Infant fever may be caused by viral and bacterial infections, etc. Infant fever symptoms may include generalized weakness, loss of appetite, and poor mental health.
2. Temperature rise period: the set point temperature of patients in this period is generally greater than 38 ℃, the body temperature at this time is lower than the set point temperature, the body receives regulatory feedback to reduce heat dissipation and increase the heat production to reach the set point temperature, so infants will appear less sweat, no sweat, touching the child’s skin will have a cold sensation and other symptoms.
3. High temperature persistence period: this period of infant temperature persistent high temperature, the body metabolism accelerated, so there will be redness, sweating, respiratory rate accelerated and other symptoms.
There are other symptoms of fever in infants, and when fever occurs, parents should consult a doctor in time for active treatment under the guidance of a professional doctor.