Eight-month-old baby fever, forehead hot hands and feet cold may be in the temperature rise period, need to pay attention to warmth, according to the specific temperature to give physical cooling or medication to lower the temperature, at the same time clear cause of fever and treatment.
For eight months old baby body temperature center development is not perfect, by pathogenic attack easy to fever symptoms, in the temperature rise can appear “forehead hot and cold hands and feet” phenomenon, mostly caused by peripheral vascular constriction, some babies due to contraction of skeletal muscles can appear chills phenomenon.
For such babies need to pay attention to peripheral warmth, and dynamic monitoring of body temperature, such as body temperature does not exceed 38.5 ℃, can be based on physical cooling, such as the head placed antipyretic paste, warm water bath. When the body temperature exceeds 38.5 ℃, it is necessary to follow the doctor’s instructions with the use of ibuprofen and other antipyretic drugs for symptomatic antipyretic.
It should be noted that there are many causes of fever in eight-month-old babies, such as toddler rash, bronchopneumonia, etc., it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner to clarify the cause of fever to give targeted treatment.