Eight months baby fever 38 degrees may be upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia and other causes, can be through physical methods to lower the temperature, at the same time need to be based on the cause of the fever, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment.
1. Upper respiratory tract infection: If it is a simple viral upper respiratory tract infection caused by a fever of 38 degrees, this is a self-limiting disease, can be restored through physical cooling, such as the head of the antipyretic patch. If bacterial infection can be used with cephalosporin, penicillin antibiotic treatment.
2. Pneumonia: eight months baby if the fever caused by pneumonia 38 degrees, for pneumococcal infection can use penicillin, amoxicillin and other drugs; for mycoplasma pneumoniae, chlamydia infection can use azithromycin, erythromycin and other drugs for treatment. At the same time need to give the baby physical cooling, such as warm water to wipe the body.
Eight months baby fever 38 degrees may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or treatment.