Most mothers use the dual approach of “antipyretics + physical cooling” to deal with their babies’ fevers. In fact, different fever temperatures can take a flexible approach to deal with Oh! 138.5 degrees Celsius or less: physical cooling is the main fever in general, there are three types of fever: low fever 37.5 degrees Celsius – 38 degrees Celsius; medium fever 38.1 degrees Celsius – 39 degrees Celsius; high fever 39.1 degrees Celsius – 40 degrees Celsius. Generally speaking, if the baby’s body temperature is below 38.5 degrees Celsius, and there is no special discomfort, good mental state, that is to say, eat as usual, sleep as usual and play as usual, the mother does not need to rush to feed the baby medicine, physical cooling is more suitable. Suggested methods: 1, do not blindly “cover sweat”: some parents think that the baby “cover sweat” fever will get better faster. But in fact, the heat of the body is not easily distributed, especially in the hot summer, it is easy to “heatstroke”. For small infants within 3 months to take “open package” open clothes, less clothing may have a gradual cooling effect, generally speaking high fever baby should not cover the thick quilt, clothing should also be less wear. 2, rub body cooling: Mom can use 75% alcohol, and then add the right amount of warm water, to the baby for physical cooling, but it should be noted that you can use alcohol to rub forehead, armpits, thigh root and neck, never rub the front chest. 3, drink more water urination: fever baby to drink more water, increase the amount of urine, can promote the discharge of toxins in the body. Also pay attention to replenish more electrolytes lost in the body, the mother can properly let the baby drink some glucose water or light salt water. 238.5 ℃ to 39 ℃: can be appropriate to take medicine When the baby fever in 38.5 ℃ – 39 ℃ or so, at home can first take the following physical cooling methods, the mother at the same time to consider allowing the baby to take antipyretic drugs. Take antipyretic medicine to use one kind of medicine at a time as a principle to reduce the baby’s discomfort and to prevent the occurrence of high fever convulsions. Suggested methods: 1. Use of antipyretics: The antipyretics are, in order of efficacy, ibuprofen, acetaminophen, anandamide, compound aminopyrine and aspirin. The most commonly used is a syrup containing paracetamol, which has mild side effects for short-term use in regular doses and can be the preferred antipyretic. If the child cannot tolerate oral medication, suppositories for intra-rectal use are available. 2.Warm and wet compresses: use a large, warm, wet and semi-dry towel on the baby’s chest and abdomen, but be careful not to turn on the air conditioner so that the room temperature is too low to aggravate the cold. In addition, you can also use a few slightly cool wet towel (about 25 ℃) wrung into a semi-dry, placed on the baby’s forehead, neck, armpits and thighs for cold compresses, every 5 to 7 minutes to change once, the cool feeling can make the baby a lot more comfortable. 3, ice or ice pillow: ice bags on the baby’s forehead or both sides of the neck, can also be placed in the armpits and bilateral groin area, homemade ice bags can be filled with crushed ice into a plastic bag, you can add the right amount of cold water, press out the air, the bag mouth tied. Or let the baby sleep on an ice pillow, both help the baby’s local heat to reduce fever. But be sure to pay attention to the ice bag outside the need to wrap a layer of cloth, to prevent local frostbite baby’s skin. General ice, ice pillow is only suitable for slightly older babies, and for babies within 6 months can use commercially available fever patches to soothe some of the discomfort caused by high fever. 339℃ to 40℃: warm water bath When the baby has a fever of 39℃-40℃ it is already considered a high fever. In addition to taking medicine, it is recommended that the mother combine warm water baths to help the baby enhance blood circulation and reduce the body’s high fever temperature. Suggested methods: 1, warm water wipe: when the baby fever with 40 degrees to 50 degrees of warm water wipe the neck, armpits, elbow fossa, thigh root and other large blood vessels away from the location to help the baby cool down. 2, warm bath cooling: you can also give your baby a warm bath, soak the baby’s body all (except the head) immersed in water slightly below body temperature 2 ℃, while using a warm wet towel (37 ℃) in the limbs and front chest and back up and down evenly rubbed, so that the blood vessels on the surface of the skin expand to promote the distribution of heat. Extremities and back each rubbing bath 3 to 5 minutes, rubbing to the armpits, groin and other vascular rich places stay a little longer. Each bath about 10 to 15 minutes, about 4 to 6 hours a time, to help promote the baby’s blood circulation. 4 more than 40 ℃: immediately seek medical attention Infants and children with fever can easily rush to 40 ℃ high fever at once, but also often due to high fever and convulsions, such as loss of consciousness, eye fixation or upturned, head and neck back, facial muscle and limb twitching and other critical symptoms. So when your baby has a fever over 40°C, it is time to take him/her to the hospital immediately. Suggested method: Seek medical attention immediately: If your baby has a fever over 40℃ (especially for babies under 3 years old), if the fever is not caused by vaccination; if there is a burning sensation in the urine; if the fever has gone down for more than 24 hours and then it gets up again and again; and if the fever is over 72 hours, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately to ensure your baby’s safety.