What to do with a one-year-old baby with acute upper respiratory tract infection and recurrent high fever

One-year-old baby acute upper respiratory tract infection recurrent high fever, in the antipyretic treatment at the same time, need to target the pathogenic bacteria causing the disease treatment. Mostly related to viral, bacterial, mycoplasma infection and other factors, the treatment is mainly based on drug therapy.
For feverish babies when the temperature ≥ 38.5 ℃ need to follow the doctor’s advice to use ibuprofen, acetaminophen and other antipyretic drugs, at the same time need to pay attention to the use of warm towels to wipe the child’s forehead, warm baths, antipyretic patches, and other physical ways to assist in the treatment of antipyretic fever. For babies with recurrent fever, the shortest interval of 4~6 hours can be repeated to give the drug once, 24 hours use no more than 4 times.
Acute upper respiratory tract infection is the most common acute infectious disease in children. Virus is the most common causative agent, simple viral upper respiratory tract infection is a self-limiting disease, symptomatic treatment, including bed rest, maintain a certain degree of indoor temperature and humidity, maintain indoor air circulation.
Influenza virus infection can be treated with oseltamivir. If there is a bacterial infection, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use cefixime, cefaclor and other drugs anti-infection treatment; if the mycoplasma infection can be treated with azithromycin.
All of the above medications should be taken under the guidance of a doctor and should not be used on their own. When a baby has recurrent fever, it is recommended that he or she seeks prompt medical attention and be evaluated and treated by a specialist.