The child’s fever does not go down after taking ibuprofen, which may be related to insufficient dosage of the drug, ineffectiveness of the drug, or the presence of bacterial or viral infections, etc. It is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner to find out the cause of the disease and to treat it.
1. Insufficient dosage: Ibuprofen has the effect of reducing fever, the dose of ibuprofen for children with fever should take into account the weight, age, if the parents give the child to eat ibuprofen dosage is not enough, there may be the case that the medicine can not reduce the fever. It is recommended that parents give their children ibuprofen, should be according to the instructions or medical advice to use the drug.
2. The effect of the drug did not play: the child fever ate ibuprofen but not fever, may be ibuprofen medicine has not been played, it is recommended to wait a while, during the period of feeding the child to drink water, to promote the child’s body sweating, conducive to ibuprofen to play the efficacy of the medicine to achieve the effect of fever.
3. the existence of bacterial or viral infections: the child fever took ibuprofen but not fever may also be the body of bacterial or viral infections, resulting in fever does not go down. If the bacterial infection, need to add amoxicillin and other antibiotics; if the influenza virus infection, can add oseltamivir and other antiviral drugs.
It is recommended that parents find children with fever should be brought to the regular hospital in a timely manner, do not blindly give the child ibuprofen and other drugs, the use of drugs need to be guided by a doctor.