The health of the baby is on the mind of every family member. If he is not feeling well, the family will be in turmoil. In fact, a cold and fever is a small storm in the human body, we can completely calmly deal with it. The medicine is three parts poisonous, a small storm does not need to use strong weapons, the reasonable use of drugs during the cold period is the key to lay a good physical foundation for the baby. Should relieve cold symptoms through care 1, nasal congestion, runny nose, drops of physiological saline A milder way to relieve nasal congestion is to put drops of physiological saline into baby’s nostrils, which is used to help keep nostrils moist and clean nasal cavity and help them ventilate. In addition, drinking more water also helps to dilute the nasal mucus and make it easy to discharge. 2. Forced coughing can cause disease Coughing is not a disease in itself, it is a symptom that is exhibited by a variety of respiratory diseases and is a way for our body to protect itself. It is a beneficial action to produce expiratory impact action by coughing to expel sputum and other secretions from the respiratory tract. Most of the time, young children cough with phlegm, and if they are forced to take cough medicine, it will lead to the retention of phlegm in the body, which in turn will easily cause more serious respiratory infectious diseases such as pneumonia. If your baby’s cough after a cold does not affect eating, sleeping, and other daily activities, there is no need to give him medicine. If the cough interferes with daily activities, you can use a single-ingredient phlegm-relieving medicine, such as Ambroxol syrup or acetylcysteine granules for smaller babies; for older babies, you can also choose myrtle oil capsules, etc. At the same time, pat the back with an empty palm to help the baby expel phlegm. 3, fever below 38.5 ℃, the first choice of physical cooling physical cooling methods are two: one is to take a warm bath, through the bath to achieve the purpose of whole body heat dissipation. When bathing your baby, the recommended water temperature is 35℃ to 37℃. Also pay attention to adjust the temperature of the bathroom and other rooms, do not make too much difference between the two. One way is to use a warm, wet towel to wipe the baby’s body. The temperature of the towel is best controlled at about 37℃. Wipe your baby’s forehead, neck, underarms and limbs with a warm wet towel. The purpose of using antipyretic medicine: 1. To relieve the discomfort caused by fever to the baby so that the baby can eat and sleep normally, replenish enough energy to fight the disease and maintain strength. 2. To prevent fever convulsions that may be caused by high fever. Tip: Having one or two febrile convulsions usually does not affect the baby’s brain development and parents need not worry too much. But repeated febrile convulsions will cause some damage to the baby’s brain. Safe and classic fever reducers: acetaminophen and ibuprofen The fever reducers that are widely used around the world, recommended by the World Health Organization, are affordable and safe for both young and old: acetaminophen and ibuprofen. Acetaminophen is the first choice for children and adults over 3 months of age. The well-known paracetamol, Piriton or Tylenol all contain this single active ingredient “acetaminophen”. Acetaminophen is safe in reasonable doses, but taking more than the maximum dose can cause liver damage. Commonly used compound cold medicines often contain the ingredient “acetaminophen”, such as children’s aminophen alkylamine granules, aminophen xanthamine granules, aminophen mamet syrup, phenol mametamine suspension, as well as adults with day and night pepto-bismol, white plus black cold tablets, etc.. If you take single-component acetaminophen to reduce fever while also taking the above-mentioned compound cold medicines, it is easy to overdose on acetaminophen due to repeated medication. 2. Ibuprofen is suitable for children and adults over 6 months of age Ibuprofen has a strong fever-reducing effect, and the process of reducing fever can lead to a lot of sweating, so ibuprofen is not suitable for patients with symptoms of dehydration. Also, ibuprofen is excreted through the kidneys and should be used with caution in patients with poor kidney function. Adverse effects of ibuprofen also include the possibility of inducing asthma and should be used with caution in babies with asthma. This drug is safe to use in accordance with the recommended dose, but an overdose can easily cause kidney damage. 3, persistent high fever does not go down, consider alternating acetaminophen and ibuprofen Acetaminophen minimum dosing interval is 4 hours, when the fever has not gone down two hours after the maximum dose of acetaminophen, then you can only alternate ibuprofen, because the minimum time interval for alternating the two drugs is two hours. When alternating, the maximum number of times each drug can be used per day remains the same. Do not alternate between two kinds of fever-reducing medications when the fever can be controlled with one kind of fever-reducing medication. In addition, drink more water when taking medicine to reduce fever to speed up the excretion process and help take away body heat. At the same time, it is also necessary to take medicine to reduce fever along with physical cooling, such as taking a warm bath or wiping the whole body with a warm wet towel, but do not use alcohol wipes, especially for children, as alcohol can easily pass through the child’s tender skin and lead to alcohol poisoning. When the baby needs to use fever-reducing drugs must be used under the guidance of a doctor!