A one-and-a-half year old child with a fever of 38 degrees may be caused by respiratory infections, which can be treated through physical cooling, medication, life care, and dietary therapy.
1. Physical cooling: use a warm towel to wipe the forehead, neck, palms and feet, and if necessary, take a warm bath to bring down the body temperature.
2. Medication: When the fever exceeds 38.5 degrees in the late stage, you can cooperate with the doctor to use ibuprofen and acetaminophen to reduce fever. If it is caused by viral infection, symptomatic treatment is the main focus, or follow the doctor’s instructions to give oseltamivir phosphate and other medications; if at the same time combined with bacterial infections, can be given penicillin, cefaclor and other medications.
3. Life care: Ensure adequate sleep, reduce clothing appropriately. Drinking more water can replenish body fluids, which is conducive to promoting the decline of body temperature.
4. Dietary treatment: pediatric diet should be light, nutrition should be balanced, eat more easily digestible food, to avoid excessive gastrointestinal burden, is not conducive to the physical recovery of children.
Pediatric fever also need to find a professional doctor in a timely manner to the regular hospital to identify the cause of systematic diagnosis and treatment, not blindly self-treatment, so as not to delay the condition.