What should I do if I have a 38.5 fever for almost 3 days now?

The recurring fever of 38.5 degrees for colds is considered to be related to pathogenic infections, and the recurring fever will occur before the inflammation is cured, which can be relieved by symptomatic treatment, causative treatment, and home care. 1. Symptomatic treatment: for a cold fever of 38.5 degrees, you need to let the patient drink more warm water, you can also carry out cold wet compresses and other ways of physical cooling, but also need to use oral ibuprofen, acetaminophen and other antipyretic and antipyretic drugs to improve the patient’s symptoms of the cold and fever. 2. Treatment: The cause of cold and fever may be due to viral infection, generally self-limiting, only symptomatic treatment can be, if it is caused by influenza virus infection, if necessary, you can choose oseltamivir, ribavirin and other antiviral drugs treatment. 3. Family care: patients should eat a light diet, do not eat spicy and stimulating food, but also pay more attention to warmth, to avoid catching cold and flu, more bed rest, avoid exertion. It is recommended that patients go to the respiratory medicine department of the hospital, cooperate with the doctor to improve the relevant examination, and then give relative treatment and therapy.