What if a child keeps sleeping with a fever?

Children’s fever keeps sleeping may be heavy influenza, bacterial encephalitis and other diseases, it is recommended to actively consult the doctor for reasonable antipyretic, as well as for the treatment of the cause of the disease. Fever is a common symptom in childhood. The appropriate antipyretic method should be chosen according to the degree of the child’s elevated temperature. If the temperature is less than 38.5℃, you can use warm water on the child’s forehead, reduce the clothing worn and other physical methods to reduce the temperature. If the temperature is ≥ 38.5 ℃, you need to use antipyretic drugs such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen under the guidance of a doctor to reduce fever. Treating the cause of the illness is also important for the child’s mental recovery. If the severe influenza, fever can consume too much energy and thus appear to sleep all the time, at this time we need to pay attention to isolation, the child should be bed rest, diet should be light, drink more water, keep the indoor air circulation and so on. Use oseltamivir, paramivir and other drugs as prescribed by the doctor. If the bacterial meningitis, can also appear above, the key to treatment is timely and reasonable application of antibacterial drugs, commonly used drugs, including ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, penicillin, vancomycin, etc.; at the same time the use of dexamethasone and other glucocorticosteroids to reduce cerebral edema, increase cerebral blood flow and improve cerebral metabolism; furosemide, mannitol and so on, to reduce intracranial pressure treatment. There are many other reasons why a child keeps sleeping with fever, so it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to be evaluated and handled by a specialist. All of the above medications should be used under doctor’s supervision, avoid self-medication.