The baby has a fever! Whenever this time many parents will be anxious, either immediately feed the baby to eat fever medicine, or use the “native” to cool the baby, or rush to the hospital. In fact, fever for babies is not always harmful to the body, most parents are prone to misunderstandings about baby fever. Now we will point out the common causes of fever and 14 fever misconceptions. A. Understanding the common causes of fever: Fever is one of the clinical manifestations of many diseases. Acute fever is common in pediatrics in upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, pneumonia, intestinal infections, infectious diseases, Kawasaki disease, etc. Its clinical symptoms are often accompanied by different symptoms in addition to fever, such as upper respiratory infections are mostly accompanied by runny nose, sneezing and slight cough; bronchitis and pneumonia are often accompanied by heavy cough and shortness of breath. Intestinal infections are often accompanied by diarrhea, abdominal pain, mucus stools or pus and blood stools; Kawasaki disease is mostly accompanied by dry and red lips, conjunctival congestion, prune tongue, swollen lymph nodes, etc.; infectious diseases such as measles and chicken pox will appear red rash and blisters during the course of the disease. However, it should be noted that the early stages of many diseases are similar to upper respiratory tract infections, which can be easily misdiagnosed. The 14 misconceptions in the process of medication: Misconception 1: Fever is the use of antibiotics. Many parents use antibiotics as soon as they see their child has a fever, parents often think that fever is inflammation, the need to use antibiotics, but do not know that many fever is due to viral infections, such as more than 90% of upper respiratory tract infections are caused by viral infections, herpes cheek infection is caused by coxsackie virus, although the late can be combined with bacterial infections, but see fever that the use of antibiotics is obviously a wrong approach. Myth 2: Reluctance to undergo routine blood tests. For the reasons mentioned above, it is not necessary to routinely use antibiotics for viral infections, so routine blood tests should be performed at the time of the visit, and if the white blood cell count is not high, anti-inflammatory drugs may be temporarily discontinued. Nowadays, many parents are reluctant to have routine blood tests for different reasons, some are afraid that their children will suffer from pain, some are afraid of spending more money, and some even think that as long as the fever is high, the blood count will definitely rise. The first two can be considered reasons, but the latter is a real ignorance error. Because there are no blood results, many hospital doctors often use antiviral drugs and antibiotics together. In order to prevent your child from suffering the side effects of antibiotics and to keep you from spending more money than necessary, I hope you will make a wise choice. Myth 3: Aggressively request intravenous fluids. Clinically, there are indeed many febrile diseases such as pneumonia, Kawasaki disease and infectious diseases that require active treatment and can be considered for intravenous fluids, but there are still many diseases such as upper respiratory tract infections, mild bronchitis and early childhood rash that have their own natural course, i.e., “the disease comes and goes like a mountain,” and it takes time for the disease to heal, so The prognosis is generally good as long as the fever is actively reduced and complications such as convulsions and myocarditis are avoided, but too many infusions will only leave the child with more sequelae. For example, in the case of acute rash in young children from 6 months to about 1 year old, the fever is resolved after 3 to 4 days, and the rash appears all over the body after the fever has subsided, so excessive medication in the 3 to 4 days of the fever will neither shorten the course of the disease, but will delay the rash and prolong the course of the disease. Myth 4: Stop taking medication immediately after the fever has subsided. The normalization of the child’s temperature does not mean that the disease is cured, it only indicates that the disease has improved, and the virus or bacteria causing the infection may not be completely controlled at this time. Therefore, a certain course of medication is needed to completely eliminate the bacteria and viruses in the body and completely cure the disease, otherwise the disease may “resurface”, so do not stop the medication immediately after the fever has subsided, and take the medication according to the course of treatment as much as possible. Chinese medicine can be said to have a strong advantage in this regard. On the one hand, it can promote the recovery of spleen and stomach functions by regulating the spleen and stomach, stimulate appetite, promote the absorption of nutrients, so that the functions of all organs of the body can be restored quickly and improve the immune function of the body, and on the other hand, it can also make the disease completely cured by removing the remaining evil in the body. Myth 5: Eat greasy food during the recovery period. When a child is sick, most of them will affect the function of spleen and stomach and will lose their appetite. Parents need not be too anxious and worried as this is a temporary phenomenon. After the fever subsides, the child’s digestive and absorption functions can gradually recover, but it is impossible to return to normal levels at once. Some parents believe that children eat less when they have a fever, and should be supplemented as soon as possible after the illness. In fact, at this time, the child is not full of Qi, the internal organs are not yet sound, digestive capacity is weak, excessive supplementation will not only not absorb, but also increase the burden on the digestive organs. Individual children with the disease are not yet clear of the evil heat in the body, and eat fried and sweet food to help dampness and heat, resulting in recurrence of the disease, which is known as “food recurrence” in Chinese medicine. In clinical practice, we often see children whose condition has improved and whose fever has improved, but the fever reappears due to eating too much greasy food. Therefore, it is best to choose some light and easily digestible food, such as porridge, egg custard, noodles, etc., after the fever has subsided, and not to let children eat high-fat food, such as fried chicken, French fries, cream cake, ribs, etc., so as not to affect the body’s recovery. Myth 6: A child who feels hot is feverish baby shouts hot, and the mother does have a high body temperature when she feels it. But is this a fever? In fact, there are many reasons why a child feels hot: playing hard, crying, and just coming out of a warm blanket, or being outdoors on a hot day, etc. But in these cases, the child’s skin temperature can return to normal within 10-20 minutes, so a feverish child does not necessarily have a fever! However, if the child still feels feverish and uncomfortable, the mother can first determine whether the body temperature is normal by the temperature of the child’s palms and the back of the neck. Of course, using a thermometer to measure body temperature can be the most accurate way to determine whether your child has a fever: usually using an anal table to measure rectal temperature, especially for small babies will be more accurate (normal body temperature is 37 ℃ – 38 ℃); can also measure the temperature of the armpit or neck (normal body temperature is 36 ℃ – 37 ℃). Preschool babies are best not to use the mouth table to measure their temperature to avoid accidents. Myth 7: Fever is harmful to the body baby has a fever, it must be a viral invasion causing a cold! This is the first thought of many parents. In fact, fever is not always harmful to the body. Fever activates the body’s immune system, which is one of the body’s protective mechanisms. An ordinary fever (37.8-40°C) can help a sick child fight off infections in the body and is usually good for the body. Of course, baby fever is not a bad thing, but parents should not take it lightly and take good care of their little one. Myth 8: Fever will burn the brain (fever over 40 ℃ is dangerous) baby fever, will not burn the brain. I believe that many parents have heard such a statement, so when the baby fever to 39 ℃ or more, parents are exhausted to try to bring down the baby’s body temperature. In fact, fever combined with infection does not cause damage to the brain, so in general, there is no need to worry about the baby will be burned brain or fall down any sequelae. However, fever can only damage the brain when the body temperature is above 42°C and only when the body is exposed to extreme environmental temperatures (e.g., when the child is locked in a closed car on a hot day). When a baby has a high fever, I believe most parents can’t sit still to send their baby to the hospital, under the care of the doctor, the baby’s body temperature will certainly not be high to that extent, so parents don’t have to worry too much. Myth #9: Children are prone to convulsions due to fever baby fever is a common emergency for babies under 3 years old because their brain functions are not yet mature. If your baby suddenly has a convulsion at home, mommy must not panic, nor pat, shake or call out loud to your baby, let alone hold your baby tightly. In fact, febrile convulsions occur in only 4 percent of children. Even without medication, most children’s convulsions may be relieved in a short time, so the right thing to do is for parents to preferably not move the child around, pay attention to keeping the child’s head sideways to avoid choking caused by mucus in the mouth, and untie the baby’s collar so as not to affect breathing too tightly. Myth 10: Fever convulsions are harmful Fever convulsions are mostly manifested as sudden loss of consciousness, eye rolls, facial muscle rigidity, spasms or convulsions, etc. Although febrile convulsions may seem scary, they usually stop within 5 minutes and do not cause permanent damage to the body. It also does not put children at greater risk. However, there may be a tendency to have a recurrence at the next fever. If a convulsion lasts more than 5 minutes, it should be treated immediately at a hospital. Myth 11: You must take medicine to treat fever below 38 degrees. If your baby is in good spirits, just drink more water, take fruits with high vitamin C content, and give priority to physical methods of fever reduction, such as applying cold towels externally and using antipyretic patches. Generally, consider using antipyretic drugs only when the baby’s body temperature reaches 38.5℃ or above or when the fever is more than 2 days in a row, and each dose must be separated by 4 – 6 hours, drink more water, and be taken after meals to avoid gastrointestinal irritation. Antipyretic medicine treats the symptoms but not the root cause and may cover up the condition, and the baby’s condition should be closely observed. It is best not to use different antipyretics with each other at will, and antipyretics should not be used more often or in higher doses on their own. Do not use the medicine for more than 3 days. Myth 12: If the fever is not promptly reduced, the body temperature will always rise when the baby has a fever, parents will be very nervous to try a variety of fever reduction methods for the baby, they generally believe that if the baby is not promptly reduced, the baby’s body temperature will always rise, and then easy to “burn the brain. In fact, everyone’s brain has a “thermostat”, so the fever caused by infection, the body temperature will often reach the highest point at 39.5-40 ℃, and rarely exceed 40.6-41.1 ℃. And as mentioned before, the body temperature will only be as high as the latter when the body is under extreme environmental temperatures. Myth 13: Once the temperature comes down, it will not rebound Most fevers caused by viral infections usually last for 2-3 days. Therefore, when the power of the medicine gradually diminishes, the temperature will return to the original level and require treatment again. The fever will disappear only when the virus is completely subdued. Myth 14: If the body temperature is high when the fever is high, it means that the condition is very serious When the body temperature is high when the fever is high, the cause is not necessarily serious. Some parents think that if their baby’s temperature never comes down, the cause of the infection must be serious. In fact, a fever that does not respond to medication may be caused by a virus or bacteria and is not related to the severity of the source of the infection. If a child has a persistent high fever, depression, shortness of breath, ashen face, or worsening cough, he or she needs to seek prompt medical attention even if the temperature is not high. For parents, the concern should not only be “What should I do if my child is sick?” It should also include the child’s usual physical fitness and good hygiene habits. 1, reasonable diet, enhance the child’s ability to resist disease and cold. Parents should give their children a diet containing methionine and inorganic salts, such as sesame, leafy vegetables and dairy products. Dairy products are rich in calcium, amino acids and other nutrients, which can help children strengthen their resistance. 2, timely increase and decrease clothing, reasonable clothing. 3.Keep indoor air fresh, kitchen fumes in time to change the air, parents do not smoke indoors, open the windows in time to change the air. 4, keep outdoor activities, more sunshine. Certain outdoor activities help to strengthen the child’s physical fitness. The ultraviolet rays in the sun can kill some of the viruses and bacteria on the surface of the body, and at the same time can promote the absorption of calcium and phosphorus. 5, parents should pay attention to the details of their children’s lives, and cultivate healthy eating habits and hygiene habits. For example, let children eat less cold and irritating food to prevent illness from entering the mouth; and let children wash their hands regularly before and after meals, proper hand washing can also reduce the chances of getting a cold.