A six-year-old child with a fever of 38.6 degrees can take ibuprofen suspension, acetaminophen oral suspension and other drugs to reduce fever under the guidance of a doctor. Ibuprofen suspension and acetaminophen oral suspension are the more commonly used medications for children with fever. When a six-year-old child has a fever of more than 38.5 degrees, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to use the above two antipyretic drugs, but need to pay attention to the interval of 4~6 hours to repeat the medication once, not more than 4 times within 24 hours. During the period of taking antipyretic drugs, you also need to give your child more water, and at the same time, you can cooperate with physical cooling, such as placing antipyretic patches on the head or taking a warm bath, etc., to help reduce fever and shorten the time to reduce fever. A six-year-old child with a fever of 38.6 degrees, there may be many reasons, such as viral infection or bacterial infection, etc., it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner to clarify the cause of the fever to give targeted treatment. If the bacterial infection caused by fever, in addition to symptomatic heat treatment, also need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take cefixime and other antibiotics for anti-infection treatment.