Is the baby’s 37.6 a fever?

Baby body temperature, due to the measurement of different parts of the body, and there are differences, the normal range will also be different, in the anus for 36.5 ~ 37.5 ℃, children in the mouth at the temperature of 36.2 ~ 37.3 ℃, children in the armpit for 35.9 ~ 37.2 ℃, so the armpit temperature measurement of the baby body temperature of 37.6 ℃, belonging to the fever of the, for the low fever range. It may be caused by the following factors: First, low fever caused by infectious factors, such as respiratory tract infections, etc., can be dealt with by physical cooling, such as warm towels to wipe the armpits, forehead, groin, etc., or antipyretic patches are used. If the child does not like it, you can also not intervene, just measure it again every few hours, and if it is a particularly young child, even if it is a low fever, it is necessary to consult the doctor in a timely manner. Secondly, it is possible that the fever is not really a fever, but a measurement error. For example, looking for factors that may cause measurement error: babies are easily affected by environmental factors, especially newborns, when the baby crying, sweating, breastfeeding, hot baths, clothing wrapped in thick, etc., there will be physiological temperature fluctuations, can be lifted after the above factors, the interval of half an hour again to measure the temperature, such as return to normal, is mostly this that situation, but the follow-up is still needed to monitor the change in body temperature. Of course, the most important thing is to find the cause of fever, need to pay attention to observe whether there is respiratory tract infection or digestive tract infection. In terms of baby’s safety and treatment principles, body temperature of 37.6 degrees, for low fever, whether it is physiological temperature fluctuations, or infectious fever, should attract enough attention.