1.What is fever?
Generally speaking, fever can be divided into two cases: one is caused by infection, medically called infectious fever. In fact, fever after infection is not exactly a bad thing, fever is a defense response of the body to the invasion of external bacteria and viruses. Another type of fever is non-infectious fever, that is, fever not caused by bacteria, viruses and other infections, such as rheumatic fever, drug fever, mild fever after vaccination, etc.
The most common cause of fever in children is a cold. Children are less adaptable to their environment than adults and will have colds more frequently than adults, especially in the spring, winter and at the change of seasons. Usually, preschoolers may get colds 4 to 8 times a year. When a child has a cold or fever, parents should observe carefully. If the child becomes depressed and does not want to eat when the fever rises, but is lively and active once the fever subsides, there is basically nothing wrong. If your child is still depressed and has cold hands and feet after the fever has subsided, or if he or she has diarrhea or cries when urinating, you must go to the hospital.
2, fever will burn the child’s brain?
Some parents worry that a fever will “burn out” the child’s brain. In fact, there is no such thing. The main reason why people think this way is because we see some children in our daily life because of high fever does not go down and “become stupid”, so they mistakenly think that the high fever “burned” the brain.
In fact, these children are suffering from encephalitis or other diseases that cause mental decline, the fever is just a manifestation of the disease. What’s more, brain tissue is a protein structure, to destroy the proteins and damage brain cells, at least 42 degrees Celsius, and in general, such a high fever is unlikely to happen. Of course, some fevers do have some effect on intelligence, the most typical being febrile convulsions. Some children are particularly sensitive and have “cramps” when they have a slight fever. If the “cramps” are repeated, they can affect brain cell function and intelligence. However, not every child will be like this, and only if the “cramps” continue, without treatment, will damage the brain cells.
3, the child fever, should be tested for blood?
A lot of parents will be distressed that their baby is being poked by the doctor and ask the doctor not to test the blood. In fact, blood test results are very important for doctors to determine the condition, it can indicate whether the child’s fever is caused by a viral infection or a bacterial infection. Although most children with fever have a common viral cold, a small percentage have a bacterial infection, or a bacterial infection that occurs several days after a common viral cold. If doctors treat all children as if they have a common viral infection, they will definitely delay the condition of some children. On the contrary, if doctors treat all children as bacterial infections and misuse antibiotics, it will be more detrimental to the children.
Therefore, if the doctor orders the child to go for laboratory tests, parents should go even if they feel pain because it is good for the child. Should I use anti-inflammatory drugs for a cold? The answer is to use them when you should, but not when you shouldn’t. Antibiotics do not kill viruses, and when the fever is caused by a viral infection, using antibiotics is not only ineffective, but may also cause damage to liver and kidney function, hearing and other aspects, which is not worth the loss.
4, must use anti-inflammatory drugs, “hanging saline”?
The actual fact is that you will need to use anti-inflammatory drugs for your cold? The answer is, when it should be used, when it should not be used, firmly not. Antibiotics do not kill viruses, and when a fever is caused by a viral infection, using antibiotics is not only ineffective, but may also cause damage to liver and kidney function, hearing and other aspects, which is not worth the loss.
The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things.
And “to hang or not to hang saline” is to specific argumentation analysis. Our principle is, if a disease can be used orally, do not give intramuscular injections; if you can give intramuscular injections, do not choose intravenous infusions.
Why should we try to avoid infusion? There are 5 reasons.
(1) After most drugs are taken orally, they are absorbed very well, and the drugs are absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract and slowly enter the bloodstream, so the adverse reactions are the lightest and safest. Unlike intravenous infusion, because the drug enters the blood directly, adverse reactions can occur in a short period of time, and serious ones can quickly endanger life.
(2) Oral medication can avoid some cross-infection caused by intramuscular injection or intravenous injection.
(3) Intramuscular and intravenous injections are somewhat painful, especially for young children.
(4) Oral administration 3 times a day or 4 times a day can make the blood concentration stable at a higher level throughout the day, which is more effective. This cannot be done with intravenous infusion, unless the infusion is given 24 hours a day, otherwise the blood concentration will drop immediately once it is stopped.
(5) Oral medication is both simple and cheap, while infusion not only takes a lot of time, but is also expensive.
5.After the medication is not effective, change the medication immediately?
Some children’s fever does not subside after a day of medication, parents are so anxious that they go to the hospital again and firmly request the doctor to change the medication. In fact, it takes a while for the drug to reach an effective blood concentration when it is eaten or injected intramuscularly or intravenously. It is certainly unreasonable to say that the drug is not effective before the time is up. Usually, a drug should be used for at least one course of treatment, and if it is still ineffective, it is not too late to change the drug.