What should I do if my baby has a fever at this time of the year when summer temperatures are high? Don’t worry, here’s how to deal with summer baby fever.
A. How to deal with summer baby fever
Summer babies are prone to fever and parents must not take it lightly. As the weather is very hot, many children are often sweaty and red-faced, do not think it is all caused by the heat. As long as the child does not want to eat, lazy to move, we should suspect whether the fever, using a thermometer to test, once the fever should be paid attention to, promptly find the cause.
Clinical evidence shows that sudden high fever in summer baby should pay special attention to the occurrence of infectious diseases, and promptly go to the hospital for diagnosis.
Second, in the 39 ℃ or less, the home can deal with
The most common summer fever in babies is upper respiratory tract infection, which usually presents symptoms such as sneezing, fear of cold, cough and headache, etc. If the fever is not high, below 39℃, it can be dealt with at home. Once a pediatric fever is detected, there is no need to go to the hospital frequently as long as it is clear that it is an external fever. Because of the concentration of patients in hospitals, it is likely to cause cross-infection and
The condition will be aggravated. It is important and necessary to take good care of the child with fever at home to recover from the disease.
When a child has a fever, parents are anxious, and some parents make four trips to the emergency room a day. In fact, children with fever should drink more water to detoxify the body, and in general, the body temperature should not exceed 38.5°C. Physical cooling is the main concern, so there is no need to rush to use drugs to reduce fever.
Ways to lower the temperature
1, 38.5 ℃ below without heat treatment, undress, remove the wrapping, use warm water to wipe the child’s body heat. High fever (39 ℃ or more) should be under the guidance of a doctor to reduce fever.
2, must not use alcohol to rub the body of children, alcohol is easy to make the blood vessels dilate, blood volume drop caused by shock.
3, can not be like adults, cold more clothes to cover sweat to make the body temperature drop.
In fact, fever is a defensive response of the body, which is conducive to the annihilation of invading germs and the normal growth and development of the child. Infants with fever below 38.5 ℃ do not need to withdraw heat treatment, the choice of physical cooling, such as undress, remove the wrap, with warm water to the child wipe body heat. Do not use alcohol to rub the child’s body, alcohol is easy to make the blood vessels dilate, blood volume drop caused by shock.
At the same time, infants and young children’s body temperature central nervous system is not mature, can not be like adults, cold, wear a little more cover a sweat, body temperature down. On the contrary, the more you cover the higher the body temperature, after covering the fever for a long time, the child’s body temperature can rise to 41 ℃ -43 ℃, easy to get “muffled fever syndrome”.
How to use medicine to reduce fever in children
1, the body temperature in 38.5 ℃ or more before using antipyretic drugs.
2. Aspirin has excitatory effects, so it is not recommended for children under 3 years old.
3, antipyretic drugs should not be taken repeatedly, and when several antipyretic drugs are taken at the same time, pay attention to whether the drug ingredients are the same, otherwise there may be a drug overdose.
Parents should note that the use of antipyretic drugs especially do not overdose, sometimes parents are “eager to reduce the temperature” think that a little more drugs, you can quickly reduce the temperature. In fact, when an overdose is used, it can often cause an overly dramatic drug reaction.
Therefore, when using antipyretic drugs for children, the measurement must be accurate, especially to avoid overdosing due to the eagerness to reduce fever.
Third, home care should pay attention to the following points.
1. Feverish children consume a lot of heat and lose a lot of water, so they should rest properly and drink more water; when they sweat too much, they should also add a little salt to the water to replenish electrolytes. Give light, easily digestible food. Room temperature and humidity should be appropriate.
2, reduce body temperature: apply antipyretic drugs, once every four hours, and drink warm water after taking the drugs. External fever is mainly sweating, try to minimize the use of ice bags cold.
3, food therapy: Chinese medicine has traditionally focused on diet therapy, appropriate diet can play an auxiliary therapeutic role.