One-month-old babies with low fever can be seen in physiological conditions, at this time no special treatment; can also be seen in infectious and non-infectious diseases, in the antipyretic treatment at the same time, need to focus on the causes of fever treatment.
Fever is one of the most common clinical symptoms of pediatrics, pediatric body temperature center is not well developed, can be affected by a variety of factors, such as breastfeeding, crying, too thick clothing, room temperature is too high and emotional fluctuations, etc. can make the body temperature a little as high as 37.5 ℃ or so; the normal body temperature is generally 36 ~ 37 ℃, 37.5 ~ 38 ℃ for the low fever.
If only a single body temperature of 37.4 ℃, the general condition is good, and there is no self-awareness of symptoms, is not sick. No special treatment is needed at this time.
If the baby is pathologically feverish, you need to use warm towels on the baby’s forehead, warm baths, reduce the clothing worn, antipyretic patches, antipyretic blankets, reduce the clothing worn and lower the indoor temperature, etc., to take away the body’s heat through conduction, convection and evaporation, so that the baby with fever can feel comfortable.
At the same time, it is also important to treat the cause of fever in order to recover the body temperature. If the bacterial infection caused by meningitis, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, sepsis, enteritis, urinary tract infections and other diseases, need to use ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, penicillin, vancomycin and other drugs anti-infection treatment.
There are many causes of low-grade fever in one-month-old babies, and it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to be evaluated and handled by a specialist. All of the above medications should be used under doctor’s supervision, avoid self-medication.