What to do when a 1 year 8 month old baby has a fever

1 year old 8 months baby fever, may be caused by bacterial infection or viral infection, can be physical or drug cooling treatment, and need to give targeted treatment according to the cause of fever. 1. Physical cooling: If a 1-year-old 8-month-old baby has a fever, the temperature does not exceed 38.5 degrees, you can put on antipyretic patches or take a hot bath, hot towels to wipe the forehead, neck, armpits, groin, popliteal fossa, palms, feet and other parts of the body, to lower the temperature physically. 2. Drugs to lower the temperature: If the fever of 1 year and 8 months old baby is more than 38.5 degrees, should take fever-reducing drugs under the guidance of a professional doctor, commonly used drugs such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen. 3. Symptomatic treatment: If the cold is caused by influenza virus infection, should cooperate with professional doctors to apply oseltamivir phosphate granules and so on. If the leukocytosis, it may be caused by bacterial infection, you can take cefixime granules or amoxicillin clavulanate potassium granules and so on. 1 year old 8 months baby fever may also be caused by other reasons, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital pediatrics as soon as possible and examination, clear causes of fever, timely treatment, do not self-medication.