There is no such thing as the fastest way to reduce a child’s fever. Children with fever, generally according to the body temperature and the specific cause of the disease to take physical cooling, medication to reduce fever, primary disease treatment and so on.
1. Physical cooling: If the body temperature is not more than 38.5 ℃, you can take physical cooling, such as the head placed antipyretic patches or warm water bath, etc. At the same time, the room temperature should not be too high. At the same time, the indoor temperature should not be too high, the room temperature control at 24-26 ℃, good ventilation. In addition to appropriate to the child to reduce clothing and cover, but also need to give the child more water, to avoid dehydration.
2. Drugs to reduce fever: when the temperature exceeds 38.5 ℃ can be used under the guidance of a doctor to reduce fever, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen, etc., but need to pay attention to is usually no more than 4 times in 24 hours with drugs.
3. Treatment of primary diseases: the causes of fever in children are more, if the bacterial infection, you need to go to the hospital for blood test, C-reactive protein and other tests to clarify the use of sensitive and effective antibiotics for treatment, only the primary disease control fever will gradually improve.
If your child has recurrent fever or worsening symptoms, you need to seek medical attention to further clarify the cause of the illness and then target treatment.