What to do with a three year old with a fever



When the fever of a three-year-old child is too high, it is necessary to reduce the fever promptly. If more than 38.5 ℃, mental state is not good, to give antipyretic drugs in time. At the same time actively identify the cause of the disease, do blood routine to clarify the diagnosis.

The baby’s thermoregulatory center is immature, by bacteria and viruses and the weather, it is easy to cause the temperature to increase, the temperature exceeds 38.5 ℃, to give antipyretic drugs in a timely manner the most commonly used, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen antipyretics antipyretic drugs, prolonged hyperthermia is likely to lead to febrile convulsions, so the timely antipyretic is the first choice.

Repeated fever for more than 48 hours to do blood routine, if the bacterial infection should be given cephalosporin or penicillin antibiotic treatment, if the viral infection feasible supportive treatment, viral infection can be given when the severity of antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin.

Children with fever need to pay attention to, as soon as possible to consult the doctor, under the guidance of the doctor for symptomatic treatment. All of the above medications should be used under medical supervision.