Children 38.6 degrees can be caused by cold, but also by inflammation and infection caused by fever, such as tonsillitis, through physical cooling, oral medication to achieve the purpose of fever.
1. Fever after getting cold: you can use warm water to soak a towel and then repeatedly wipe the elbow, armpit, groin and other parts of the body to speed up the dissipation of heat, reduce the body temperature, due to the fever has been higher than 38.5 degrees, if the effect of physical hypothermia is not good, you should consult a doctor under the guidance of the physician orally take ibuprofen, acetaminophen and other antipyretic drugs.
2. Inflammatory infections leading to fever: If it is due to inflammatory infections, such as tonsillitis, you can apply antibiotics such as amoxicillin and other active treatment of primary diseases with the use of antipyretic drugs.
Fever is a symptom of the disease, should actively find the cause of fever. If the child’s temperature rises repeatedly, you should consult a doctor to clarify the cause of the disease, and actively treat the primary disease to avoid delaying the disease.