There are many articles about fever, and every time, they emphasize that “babies should not cover up their fever”. Although many parents are aware of this, they still have doubts and are torn about how much to wear and how much to cover their children during a fever. In the face of the elderly who are used to “covering the fever”, it becomes a difficult task to explain. Today we will talk in detail about how to wear the most appropriate cover when the child has a fever? Why can’t children cover their fever? I hope to give parents help. Fever is divided into three stages Let’s talk about the mechanism of fever. The human body has a thermoregulatory center, just like the air conditioner in a room, to maintain the body’s temperature within the normal range of fluctuations. When you get sick and have a fever, the body’s thermoregulatory center becomes abnormal, just like the temperature of the room air conditioner is adjusted from 37℃ to 38-40℃. Many people think that fever is a process of heating – cooling, but in fact, many people do not know that the process of fever is divided into three stages: Stage 1: rising body temperature When you have a fever, the body’s thermoregulation point rises, generating a large amount of heat to maintain the body temperature of 38 to 40 ℃, the body temperature is continuously warming (and sometimes especially fast ), sometimes accompanied by cold hands and feet and chills. The second stage: persistent hyperthermia The body temperature reaches the temperature of the body’s thermoregulation point, the chills stop, the limbs turn warm, and the body temperature no longer goes up. The third stage: the body temperature drops If the disease improves or if you take antipyretic drugs, the body’s body temperature is adjusted downward, and the excess heat will be discharged through sweating. How to wear a child’s fever cover there are instructions After understanding these three stages, in to say to the child how to wear, cover. 1, body temperature rise period: the child chills, shivering, older children say “very cold”, you can increase clothing until the child comfortable; 2, high fever persistent period: the child does not have obvious chills, chills, just hands and feet ice and body burning, just need to keep the extremities warm, such as soaking hot water feet, wear socks, etc.. 3, body temperature decline period: the child’s body temperature is stable, hands and feet hot, you can cover less, or maintain normal clothing, or a little less than usual to increase heat dissipation, sweating, pay attention to timely wipe sweat if underwear sweat wet obvious also need to be replaced in a timely manner. 4. Normal body temperature: maintain normal clothing. In short, the general principle of dressing and covering your child during a fever is “how comfortable your child is”. It is important to note that for small children who cannot express themselves or whose parents find it difficult to distinguish, it is more important to reduce the amount of clothing and blankets to dissipate heat when they have a fever. No matter how old your child is, you should never sweat to reduce a fever! The fever is harmful and life-threatening. Adults rushed into the clinic with their children, who had a fever of 40 degrees Celsius and were wrapped in three layers, opening the blanket was a down jacket, and taking off the down jacket there was a cotton jacket, sweater, and down undershirt …… The child was hot but not a bit sweaty, and his head was drooping in a daze. We are heartbroken and helpless, we hurriedly let the parents first give the child to take off some clothes, then use the antipyretic medicine and wait, can drink water as much as possible, or drink more breast milk. Children’s thermoregulation ability is not perfect, so they may not only be unable to sweat and exhaust heat, but may not be able to dissipate heat, resulting in heat accumulation in the body and body temperature rising higher than the adjustment point, resulting in a super high fever of 41°C or more. Some children may become dehydrated or have febrile convulsions due to the high temperature, and children under 1 year old are at risk of “fever syndrome” – hypoxia, high fever, profuse sweating, dehydration, convulsions, coma and respiratory failure, which can be fatal in severe cases. It is not uncommon to see news of frequent tragedies because of fever and sweating to reduce fever. According to multiple clinical studies, fever syndrome accounts for 30% to 65% of neonatal illnesses, with a mortality rate of 16% to 21% and a sequelae rate of 46%, which may affect the child for life even if he or she does not die. Parents feel that “sweating to reduce fever has an effect” is a mistake that puts the cart before the horse, just like the three stages of fever mentioned earlier, it is not the sweating that causes the fever to drop, but the body temperature drops and the excess heat is discharged through sweating. You cover or not, the child to the time of sweating will naturally sweat, not to the time of sweating, you cover, the child may be more serious illness, or even to kill. Fever is not a disease, it is a symptom of disease, whether it is physical fever reduction or drug fever reduction, the purpose is not to cure the disease, but to make the child more comfortable. Never use the wrong method to reduce fever in order to make your child get better in a hurry.