Children taking antipyretic drugs generally begin to reduce fever in about an hour, but the specific time to reduce fever is related to the dose of drugs, treatment, personal constitution, the severity of the disease, need to be analyzed according to the specific circumstances.
Children with a temperature of more than 38.5 ℃, you can take oral ibuprofen suspension and other antipyretic medication, usually in about an hour to start cooling, if with physical cooling, may be more rapid fever reduction time.
After the child’s fever subsides, the temperature needs to be closely observed, and if the fever recurs after an interval of six hours and the temperature is still >38.5℃, the medication can be repeated once.
Antipyretics should be taken under the guidance of a doctor, if the child’s condition is more serious, oral antipyretics after the temperature is slow, or even continue to fever for several hours or even longer, you need to go to the hospital in a timely manner to find out the cause of fever, to prevent febrile convulsions.