Upper respiratory tract infection, commonly known as “cold”, is a common disease in children, mainly affecting the nose, throat and tonsils. Various bacteria and viruses can cause colds, especially viral infections, which account for more than 90%. Viral infections can be followed by bacterial infections. The symptoms of this disease vary in severity, depending on age, pathogens, body resistance, etc. Older children have mild symptoms, while infants and children may have more severe symptoms. Baby cold “to carry or not to carry” This really can not say absolutely, general cold has a process, appear fever, runny, cough, etc., if the ordinary viral infection, poisoning symptoms are light, the child is in good spirits, can eat and play, even if there are some symptoms, but also can be observed at home, carry a carry. However, if the child is less than 3 months old, is not in good spirits, eats less and plays less, is not as flexible as before, and is pale, it is still recommended to go to the hospital to avoid delaying treatment. When a baby has a high fever, parents should not panic. If you do not have a history of convulsions, you can observe and deal with them at home, and then use antipyretic drugs if necessary (above 38.5°C). Over-covering will harm the child Muffled fever syndrome is a common emergency due to excessive warmth, muffled for too long causing hypoxia, high fever, sweating, dehydration, convulsions, coma, and even respiratory and circulatory failure in infants. So do not cover the infant too tightly, too tight, too thick; do not give the infant to sleep covered, to prevent affecting breathing. Once the infant fever syndrome occurs, it should be sent to the hospital for treatment. What to take your child to the hospital Cold is one of the common diseases of children, mild colds can be taken care of at home, give children more water; moderate colds, symptomatic treatment; serious colds resulting in high fever need to go to the hospital immediately. 1, mild symptoms at home care: runny nose, dry lips, thirst, etc. 2.Moderate symptoms at home: sneezing constantly, body temperature rising but not more than 38.5℃. 3.Significant symptoms hang up internal medicine or emergency medicine: high body fever, profuse sweating, grayish face, weak cry, shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing, purple around the mouth, severe convulsions and coma. Reasonable view of physical cooling Baby high fever, the use of medication is the easiest and fastest way to treat. In addition to medication, physical cooling is often recommended in China as the safest and most effective. However, you may not know that the American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend warm water baths as the preferred method of reducing fever, nor does it recommend ice packs or alcohol baths. Therefore, you need to look at physical cooling reasonably, not to blindly exaggerate the role of physical cooling, but also to take into account the baby’s physical condition and acceptance. Warm water bath Put a good 37 ~ 38 ℃ water in the bath tub for the baby bath, not to wash clean, but to let the baby more contact with water to achieve the purpose of cooling. However, note that if the ambient temperature is low, you can also scrub the body only partially. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, oral antipyretics are the easiest way to reduce fever in most cases. If your baby is allergic to antipyretics and cannot take the medication orally (which is rare) or vomits after taking the medication, use a warm water bath to make your baby more comfortable. If your baby has a very uncomfortable fever, vomiting, and the antipyretic may not get into the stomach, you can use a combination of antipyretic and warm water baths. However, if your baby does not cooperate with warm baths, or if warm baths make your baby more nervous and uncomfortable, stop warm baths (refer to the American Academy of Pediatrics Encyclopedia of Parenting, Chinese edition, 5th edition). However, the American Academy of Pediatrics Encyclopedia of Parenting, 6th edition, removes warm water rubs, which also suggests that physical cooling is not the best way to cool your baby. When performing physical cooling, the following should be noted 1. Children with high fever and chills; children with bleeding tendencies, such as those with leukemia and other blood disorders, are prohibited from taking baths. 2, cooling should be moderate, generally down to about 38 ℃ can be. 3, physical cooling effect may not be satisfactory, you can use drugs to cool down, or physical cooling only as an adjunct to drug cooling. It should be noted that, except for persistent ultra-high fever, in general, fever does not damage the organism, but is a kind of self-protection of the organism. Therefore, do not regard physical cooling as a miracle, nor should you use antipyretic drugs casually. During the fever, pay attention to let your child drink as much water as possible. If the body temperature exceeds 38.5℃ and your child is uncomfortable, you need to consider using antipyretic drugs and take your child to the hospital immediately if necessary.