What to do if your child has a high fever and is shivering

A child with high fever and shivering, i.e., high fever and chills, can be treated with rehydration, physical cooling, and medication to treat the primary illness, but needs to be alerted to the possibility of illnesses such as febrile convulsions. If the child has high fever and shivering, clinically known as fever with chills, the following treatment can be given. 1. Rehydration therapy: you can let the child drink more water or saline to prevent high fever dehydration, if necessary, intravenous rehydration therapy. 2. Physical cooling: you can use a warm towel to wipe the child’s armpits and groin and other large veins flow through the place, you can help the child cool down through physical methods. 3. Medication: If the body temperature exceeds 38.5 ℃, you can take antipyretic medication to reduce fever urgently, such as ibuprofen suspension, acetaminophen granules, etc. For children who do not cooperate with oral administration of medication, you can give the medication rectally, such as acetaminophen antipyretic suppositories. 4. active treatment of primary diseases: baby high fever shivering, need to consult a doctor in a timely manner, after a clear diagnosis to be targeted treatment. 5. Convulsions: If the baby high fever accompanied by obvious limb shaking, need to be alert to the possibility of convulsions, in the use of antipyretic drugs treatment at the same time, but also need to comply with the doctor’s orders to be sedative drugs, such as midazolam. If the baby appeared high fever shivering, also need to be alert to intracranial infections and other diseases may be recommended timely medical treatment, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions to be targeted treatment.