What to do if your baby has a fever at night

Relative to adults, babies are more prone to fever at night, and some babies do not have fever during the day for a few days in a row, and then have fever at night, parents must also recognize that the child is feverish for a few days. Baby fever at night should first give the child to measure the temperature, mercury thermometer for the most accurate thermometer, can be measured for 3-5 minutes, clear baby’s temperature at this time. Of course, the mercury thermometer is not safe enough, must be more to watch the baby measurement, so as not to be accidentally eaten, broken and so on caused injury. Temperature between 37.3 ~ 38.5 ℃, at this time the baby’s mental state can be good with physical cooling, with a warm towel to wipe the armpits, forehead, groin, wipe to the skin slightly red. If the child’s temperature is above 38.5 need to immediately give antipyretic drugs, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen antipyretic, do not give the child through too much during the cooling period, to prevent the occurrence of muffled fever syndrome. If the child is accompanied by poor mental status, you need to give oral antipyretic drugs at the same time, immediately sent to the hospital to rule out the cause of the fever, give appropriate treatment to avoid serious infections are not detected. In short, the body temperature is different, the relief treatment is also different, any fever is a triggering factor. It is most correct and safe to identify the cause and treat it accordingly.