When a child has chickenpox with a high fever of 39 degrees, it can be dealt with in several aspects, such as general treatment, symptomatic treatment such as adopting physical cooling and medication to alleviate the high fever, and antiviral medication.
1. General treatment: let the child drink more water, bed rest, balanced diet, ensure the supply of nutrients. Guide and supervise the child not to scratch chickenpox with hands, keep the skin clean.
2. Symptomatic treatment: children with chickenpox fever of 39 degrees, you can use a towel dipped in warm water to wipe the child’s palms, forehead, armpits, thighs and other parts of the body through the evaporation of water in the body surface, to achieve a certain cooling effect. During the wiping process, be careful not to touch the chickenpox, otherwise it may scab, infection, and the formation of scarring.
If physical cooling has no effect, you can take antipyretic drugs, commonly used antipyretic drugs are ibuprofen suspension, acetaminophen oral solution and so on.
3. Antiviral medication: Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus. For children over 2 years old, you can take acyclovir granules according to the child’s weight for treatment, which can shorten the course of the disease and reduce the condition.
Children with chickenpox fever of 39 degrees, it is recommended to go to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor for medication.