One and a half year old baby 38 degrees, may be caused by respiratory tract infections and other causes, need to timely observe the accompanying symptoms of children in order to give appropriate treatment.
1. monitoring body temperature: if a one and a half year old baby temperature 38 ℃ belongs to the low fever, but the body temperature may be constantly changing, especially one year old children thermoregulation function is poor, there may be an increase in body temperature.
2. Physical cooling: if the temperature 38 ℃ when the baby spirit is good, and no other symptoms can be temporarily observed, if the child feels obvious systemic discomfort, can be physical cooling, such as ice paste, warm water bath, drink more water and so on to help cool down the temperature, usually after the drop in temperature can be seen after the spirit has improved.
3. medication: need to pay attention to the accompanying symptoms of children, most of the children fever caused by infections, common respiratory tract infections, if it is caused by viral infections, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to give oseltamivir phosphate and other medications; if at the same time accompanied by bacterial infections, you can be given penicillin and other medications. If the temperature is above 38.5℃, you can take ibuprofen and other antipyretic drugs for treatment.
If the baby’s mental state is poor, appear sleepy, vomiting, need to consult a doctor.