Children with a fever of 37.8 degrees can choose physical cooling, medication or daily care to quickly reduce fever.
1. Physical cooling: the use of physical antipyretic patches, applied to the forehead, neck, armpits or groin and other parts of the use of wet towels, gently wipe the child’s palms, feet, neck, groin and other areas rich in blood vessels, in order to achieve the purpose of lowering the temperature.
If the child’s mental condition is good and does not feel cold, you can take a warm bath, using water in the epidermis to evaporate heat, so as to quickly reduce body temperature.
2. medication: if the physical approach is not relieved, the body temperature reaches 38.5 ℃ to choose drugs to intervene. Such as ibuprofen suspension, acetaminophen and other drugs for rapid fever reduction, the specific dosage to be prescribed by the doctor for discretionary increase or decrease, drug precautions and adverse reactions need to carefully check the instructions.
3. Daily care: During the fever period, it is recommended to let the child pay attention to rest, avoid exercise and fatigue; diet as light as possible, easy to digest food; to maintain indoor air circulation and so on.
All of the above drugs should be taken under the guidance of a doctor, if the fever persists, you need to go to a regular medical institution in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment.