Diet for pediatric fever When a baby has a fever, the entire body’s metabolism will increase, and the gastrointestinal tract function will also be affected, resulting in gastrointestinal dysfunction or irritability. When a child has a fever, the first thing to do is to make sure that he or she has enough water to drink. Drinking enough water will help ensure that your baby gets enough to help reduce fever and avoid dehydration. When your baby has a fever, the diet should be as light as possible, such as cooking some porridge for your baby, making noodle soup and other easily digestible food. Do not eat greasy food, such as meat, fried food. Don’t eat food that is too cold, such as food just taken out of the refrigerator, and leave it at room temperature for a while or heat it up before giving it to your baby. If the baby does not have oral herpes or ulcers, parents can make some orange juice or apple juice for him to drink. If the baby has oral herpes or ulcers, it is recommended to reduce too sweet and acidic food to avoid food irritation of the mouth, causing discomfort to the baby. How to properly physically cool the temperature Adults can do some physical cooling operations for their babies at home. The most common is wiping, adults can use about 37 degrees of warm water to wipe the baby’s neck, armpits, thigh roots and other locations where large blood vessels are located, through heat dissipation to help lower body temperature. It is not advocated that adults use alcohol to wipe the baby, it is usually believed that the alcohol wipe will absorb heat after evaporation, but for smaller babies the cooling will be very strong, bringing discomfort to the baby, and the baby is allergic to alcohol, and will produce other problems. It is also worth drawing the attention of parents to open the package to the baby to cool down, such as babies within three months, try not to use antipyretic drugs, the main thing is to open the package to the baby, wear less clothes, do not cover the child too much, otherwise it is easy to appear newborn muffled fever syndrome. For older children, wear less clothes when they have a fever, otherwise it will cause the child’s body temperature to rise further and have serious consequences such as convulsions. In addition, for children with persistent high fever, parents can also give their babies a warm bath, adults feel the water is not cold and not hot, soak the baby in the bath tub, but also help to reduce fever. Adults can also keep some fever patches at home and put them on the forehead or some large blood vessel area when the baby has a fever. Measuring body temperature Often parents take their children’s temperature, high and low, in addition to the child’s normal temperature fluctuation factors, parents should master a relatively correct measurement method. The more traditional and common tool for measuring body temperature is the mercury thermometer. Parents should shake the mercury column of the thermometer to below 36 degrees before measuring the baby’s temperature, and to dry the sweat under the baby’s armpit, place the mercury end of the thermometer under the child’s armpit, gently hold the child’s arm, help the child keep the thermometer under the armpit for 5 minutes, and take out the reading of the temperature value. Tips, mercury thermometer can not be used for children to determine the oral temperature, otherwise it is easy for the baby to bite off the thermometer, and lead to serious consequences. If the baby cries and does not cooperate, you can use an infrared thermometer, also known as an ear meter, which is more convenient to use and the test results can be used as a reference. When to go to the hospital for pediatric fever Whether a pediatric fever requires medical attention is not based on temperature as the only criterion. If the fever has just started and the baby’s temperature does not exceed 38.5 degrees, and he or she is in good spirits, eating, drinking and playing as usual, he or she can be observed at home first. It is important to take care of your child’s fever at home in the early stages. Parents can give their babies physical cooling at home, such as wiping with warm water, applying antipyretic patches, taking warm baths, etc. Give your baby plenty of fluids, and eat and drink well. Give the baby more water, eat lightly, ventilate the home and let the baby rest more. If the temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees, parents can give the baby special antipyretic drugs, such as ibuprofen suspension, acetaminophen drops, etc. However, it should be noted that the child’s body temperature needs to exceed 38.5 degrees for each dose (for children with a history of febrile convulsions, a temperature of more than 38 degrees is sufficient), and the interval between two doses should not be less than 4 hours, and the number of doses should not exceed 4 times a day. If your baby’s temperature is high, over 38.5 degrees, or if he or she does not like to eat, is not in good spirits, has vomiting, or has a history of febrile convulsions or other medical problems, you must take your child to the hospital in a timely manner. Before going to the hospital and on the way to the hospital, the temperature should be monitored, and if the aforementioned conditions are met, the child should be given a fever reducer and the baby should continue to be given physical cooling. Because even when you get to the hospital emergency room, you still need to register, wait in line, etc., you cannot keep your child’s temperature too high during this time. Pediatric fever and viral colds are common. In general, pediatric viral cold fever will last about 3-5 days, if the child continues to have fever, more than 5 days, you must take the child to the hospital to check the cause. Commonly used drugs for pediatric fever One category is pediatric antipyretics, commonly available: ibuprofen and acetaminophen. Generally, it is taken when the baby’s body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees. The other category is the Chinese medicine to clear the heat and detoxify the toxin, this kind of medicine can be applied in pediatric fever, especially for some viral infection caused by fever has a better effect. Some common medicines are: pediatric black bean and fever clearing granules, pediatric Chai Gui antipyretic granules, fever clearing and fever dispersing oral liquid, etc. Can children with fever be vaccinated? Clinically, doctors generally recommend that children be vaccinated only after 3-7 days of recovery from a cold or fever. Because most of the vaccines are attenuated or inactivated vaccines, the baby itself may have a low fever and other reactions after the vaccination. Whether the child will be unwell after the vaccination is related to the child’s own constitution (e.g. allergies), but also to the child’s physical condition at the time of vaccination. Therefore, vaccination is not suitable for children in poor physical condition, especially when they are sick. Dangers of pediatric fever Fever is a warning from the organism that something is wrong with the child’s organism. If the temperature is very high, the child can easily have convulsions (commonly known as “seizures”). If the child continues to have a high fever, the whole body (including the organs of the body) is in a state of high temperature, which can cause damage to the body. Some parents say that the last time their child had a fever, he or she got better after a few days and didn’t go to the hospital, so they should be able to get over it this time. This view is not correct. It is true that in case of viral cold, with the natural death of the virus, no special treatment is needed and usually after 3-5 days the child’s body temperature will drop to normal. However, it should be noted that fever can also be caused by many other reasons, and it is easy to delay the condition if the cause is not seen in time to clarify the cause and give the appropriate treatment. Newborn baby’s temperature The younger the baby, the less well-developed the thermoregulatory center is, and the body temperature can fluctuate considerably due to external influences. The actual temperature of the child should be based on the measurement results, especially for children, and should not rely only on the subjective feeling of the adult after going to touch the child. When measuring the temperature to avoid some distracting factors, such as to measure when the baby is quiet, do not cover in a very thick blanket measurement, with mercury thermometer measurement to pay attention to whether the thermometer in the armpit clip good. Sometimes just after feeding the baby or just after the baby cries, immediately measure the child’s temperature, there will be an increase in body temperature phenomenon. Some parents give their children a thick cuddling blanket, which also tends to raise the child’s temperature. The standard for fever in children and adults is basically the same, generally a temperature of more than 37.3 degrees indicates a problem. Neonatal fever especially needs attention. Neonatal fever mostly suggests infection, such as respiratory tract infection, urinary tract infection, etc. The newborn’s own resistance is weak, and if the infection is not controlled in time, the infection can easily spread, which can lead to sepsis, meningitis, etc. If a newborn baby has a fever, adults should first pack the baby at home to cool it down, do not wear too thick, and feed the child water appropriately. And should take the child to the hospital for medical attention. General hospital emergency, neonatal consultation is the priority treatment.