Parents are always very anxious when they see their babies with fever. Fever is a common manifestation of baby, when the baby has a fever, parents how to do? Correct treatment of baby fever For babies, fever is a natural response of the body to fight infection, unless the baby has had epilepsy or other chronic diseases, just a slightly higher temperature can continue to be observed. It is more important to observe the baby’s behavior and mental state. If the baby is eating, sleeping and playing regularly, more often than not, no special treatment is needed. When the baby has a fever and seems quite irritable or very uncomfortable, treatment can be administered. What parents need to do 1.Give your baby enough fluids, including water, soup, juice, oral rehydration salts, etc. Adequate water in the baby’s body, more sweating, more urination, can increase heat dissipation. 2.Keep your baby’s room and cool and comfortable, you can give your baby less clothes. 3.Let your baby rest as much as possible and go outdoors less. 4.If it has been determined that your baby’s fever is caused by a highly contagious disease (such as chicken pox and influenza), keep your baby as far away from other babies as possible. How to reasonably apply fever-reducing drugs? 1.Acetaminophen: It is a relatively safe antipyretic drug, which is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for infants and children over 3 months of age with high fever. Its antipyretic effect is proportional to the dose, but excessive doses can cause hepatotoxicity. Acetaminophen may cause acute hemolytic reactions in babies with G-6-PD deficiency (nematodes), so it should be used with caution in babies with nematodes. Representative drugs such as Tylenol, pediatric Benadryl, pediatric antipyretic suppositories, etc. 2, ibuprofen: is another safer antipyretic, commonly used dose is 5-10mg/kg (<400 mg per day), 6 hours to take once, up to 4 times a day. Adverse effects are mainly gastrointestinal bleeding, heartburn, nausea and vomiting. Representative drugs such as Merlin and Toluen. How to choose antipyretic drugs There are 2 kinds of antipyretic drugs in common use, one is acetaminophen (one commonly used in China is Tylenol) and the other is ibuprofen (one commonly used in China is Merlin). Even if the fever reducer is brought back from abroad, only the name of the medicine is different, but the ingredients inside are also acetaminophen and ibuprofen. Acetaminophen can be used for babies over 3 months of age; ibuprofen and, of course, acetaminophen can be used for babies over 6 months of age; acetaminophen is safer than ibuprofen. Babies under 3 months of age with fever may have a more serious illness because of the fever in such a young baby. Be sure to seek medical attention and use the medication under the guidance of a doctor. Precautions for the application of antipyretic drugs 1, before using antipyretic drugs need to read the drug instructions carefully and follow the implementation. 2, the application of antipyretic drugs should be calculated according to the weight of the baby drug dose, rather than according to the baby's age. 3.Oral antipyretics can generally be taken 4 to 6 hours / time and not more than 5 times a day. 4, try to take after meals, should not be given on an empty stomach to avoid drug stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract. 5. Drink more water and replenish electrolytes (oral rehydration salts are available) in a timely manner while taking them. About alternate application of antipyretic drugs It is recommended to use only one antipyretic drug during the course of the disease and not to combine or alternate drugs to reduce the risk of taking the wrong or overdose (because it is easy to confuse parents who give this one to their babies at one time and another one at another time). Unless there is no effect after 3 to 4 hours after applying one fever-reducing medicine, consider applying another fever-reducing medicine. Can fever patches be applied Neither the Chinese guidelines for fever in children nor the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for the treatment of fever mention fever patches. Fever patches are made with substances such as ice chips, peppermint, and eucalyptus oil, which make the baby's skin feel cooler locally, but do not help much to cool the baby overall and sometimes cause local allergies, so they are not recommended for particular use. Can you apply physical cooling Alcohol rubbing bath can cool the baby's skin, but alcohol may cause skin allergies and may also be absorbed by the baby's skin or whistle and cause the baby to be poisoned, so it should be prohibited. Warm baths or soaks. When your baby has a high fever, it is better to take fever-reducing medicine first, but if your baby is allergic to fever-reducing medicine or cannot tolerate it (rare) you can give priority to baths. If the fever makes your baby extremely uncomfortable, or if the child vomits, you can use the rubbing bath in conjunction with the fever-reducing medicine. Situations where parents do not need to take their babies to the doctor in a hurry 1. Babies over 3 months old have a fever lasting less than 3 days, the baby behaves as usual, is in good spirits, can play, and eats and drinks normally. 2.Baby over 3 months old, body temperature does not exceed 39℃, baby fever is usually caused by cold or other common diseases. 3.Low fever that has just been injected with vaccine and lasts no more than 24 hours is usually a normal reaction after vaccination. Situations where parents need to take their babies to the doctor 1.Sudden onset of fever in babies less than 3 months old may be caused by a serious illness. 2.A fever that lasts for more than 5 days suggests that it may not be caused by a common cold and the cause of the fever needs to be found. 3.The body temperature exceeds 39℃, and the fever does not subside after 2 hours by applying acetaminophen or ibuprofen. 4.The baby's behavior changes: such as not playing, rarely talking, no appetite, indifferent to the surrounding food. 5.Signs of dehydration appear: the number of diaper changes decreases for small babies or the number of urination decreases for older babies. 6.After vaccination, if the body temperature exceeds 39℃ and the fever lasts for more than 24 hours, it is necessary to find a doctor to determine whether it is caused by the vaccine reaction. 7.Baby has convulsions.