Newborns with a little fever should consider whether it is caused by sepsis, infectious pneumonia or umbilical cord infection.
1. sepsis: neonatal sepsis is accompanied by clinical manifestations such as lethargy and poor response in addition to fever. Treatment should be preferred to antibiotics such as penicillin and aminoglycosides combination therapy. At the same time, attention should be paid to keep warm and maintain water and electrolyte balance.
2. Infectious pneumonia: accompanied by poor response, shortness of breath and nasal flutter. If the axillary temperature is <38.5°C, physical cooling methods such as applying warm water to the forehead or reducing the clothing worn can be taken, while antibiotics such as penicillin should be applied for anti-infection treatment.
3. Umbilicitis: In addition to fever, the redness and swelling around the umbilicus are obvious and may be accompanied by purulent discharge. In the cooling at the same time should be localized with povidone-iodine cleaning, if there is abscess formation, but also need abscess incision drainage.
If a newborn baby has fever symptoms, it should be timely to consult a doctor to identify the cause of the disease, according to the cause of the treatment prescribed by the doctor, so as not to delay the condition.