What to do if your child has a high fever that won’t go away

  It is generally considered as fever when the oral temperature is higher than 37.5℃, the axillary temperature is higher than 37℃, or the difference in body temperature between one day is more than 1℃. 37.3℃-38℃ is low fever; 38.1-39℃ is moderate fever; 39.1-41℃ is high fever; more than 41℃ is super high fever.  The first thing you need to do is to determine the cause of your child’s fever, which is commonly a cold, tracheal, bronchial or lung infection, or other non-infectious disease. If your child has a fever caused by a cold that does not go away, or a fever during recovery from other illnesses at home, you can follow the following methods: 1. Measure the body temperature, above 38.5 ℃ can first choose physical cooling, wipe the body with a hot towel, the water temperature requires a slightly hot, to the temperature acceptable to adult hands, the temperature is too high to cause burns on the child’s skin. Wipe to the skin slightly red for the degree; 2, drugs to reduce fever, choose children’s special antipyretic drugs, such as Merlin, Tylenol series. Because children’s fever often repeated, so physical cooling and medication to reduce fever two can be repeatedly used alternately; 3, pay attention to air circulation, maintain proper indoor ventilation helps the removal of germs; 4, replenish enough water, not easily dehydrated, to maintain the balance of body fluids. White water, fruit juice, soup or porridge (de-oiled) can be; 5, good rest can reduce consumption, maintain physical strength, in order to enhance the body resistance to facilitate recovery; 6. appropriate reduction of clothing to help children heat: fever can not cover too much, children, infants body temperature regulation center is not yet sound, many parents in a cover to sweat, especially infants and children can not be timely heat dissipation, body temperature will rise, and Some also cause a high fever convulsions, so, especially for infants and young children in the time of fever need to be properly uncovered.  7, clinically not recommended alcohol baths for children, especially some undiluted alcohol, some rural or elderly people like to use a high number of white wine for bathing, which is very bad, children’s skin is delicate, easy to cause an alcohol poisoning.  Lastly, parents should be reminded that if the child does not improve after 3 days of recuperation at home, the child’s mental state is poor, the child’s diet is not good or the child appears drowsy, purple lips, severe vomiting and diarrhea, coma, large rash, blisters and other problems, please seek medical attention promptly.