Fever in babies can be related to viral or bacterial infections or to non-infectious diseases such as Kawasaki disease. It can be relieved by symptomatic treatment, causative treatment and home care.
1. Symptomatic treatment: After a baby develops a fever, if the temperature does not exceed 38.5 degrees, physical cooling is usually the mainstay, such as placing antipyretic patches on the head or warm water baths. When the temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees, you need to take oral ibuprofen, acetaminophen and other antipyretic drugs under the guidance of a doctor.
2. Treatment: If the baby’s fever is caused by a viral infection, oral antiviral solution can be taken to shorten the duration of the illness. If the fever is caused by a bacterial infection, antibiotics such as amoxicillin can be used. If the fever is caused by Kawasaki disease, it can be treated with aspirin and immunoglobulin as prescribed by the doctor.
3. Home care: during the fever period, you need to let your baby drink more water, rest more, eat a light diet, balanced nutrition, and keep the room ventilated.
Baby fever may have many reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or treatment.