What to do if your baby’s fever won’t go down

When a baby’s fever doesn’t come down, it’s important to find out what the cause of the fever is. It’s usually due to a viral or bacterial infection, and only by controlling the pathogen can you help the temperature come down. At the beginning of the baby’s fever, you can first take physical cooling methods to help the baby’s body temperature down, such as warm water towel wipe all over the body, be sure to wipe repeatedly. Once the body temperature exceeds 38.5℃ or more, you can take antipyretic medication (such as acetaminophen) as prescribed by your doctor to help lower the temperature. For babies with recurrent fever symptoms, it is important to take them to a regular hospital for blood tests to check what causes the fever, and to determine the cause before continuing treatment with medication, which should be based on the pathogen. If it is a viral infection, because the virus has self-limiting, the course of the disease usually does not exceed one week, usually do not need special treatment, only need symptomatic treatment. If the fever is caused by a bacterial infection, antibacterial treatment is needed, such as amoxicillin and cefdinir and other antibiotics can be used under the guidance of the doctor to treat. If the baby recurrent fever, need to go to the regular hospital for further examination, clear specific causes, and then targeted treatment.