When babies have headaches and fevers in the fall, poopers are both distressed and helpless, what should they do?
Children have fever for a variety of reasons!
1.Non-disease factors
Children’s body temperature is easily affected by the external environment, such as wearing too many clothes, or not enough water, too much loss, room air circulation, etc.. Other factors such as vaccination may also cause fever. If the baby’s temperature is unstable, the possibility of illness should be considered.
2.Disease factor
Fever in infants younger than 3 months of age.
Bacterial infections are the most common (e.g., streptococcus B), but other infections of the respiratory, urinary, and gastrointestinal tracts or otitis media can also cause fever. The most serious infection is sepsis.
That is why it is important to go to the hospital when a newborn has a fever so that it can be detected and treated early.
Fever in infants older than 3 months of age.
The most common ones are colds, otitis media, and urinary tract infections.
Middle ear infections are usually caused by bacteria or viruses from a cold that infect the middle ear from the Eustachian tube upward. Most abnormalities cannot be seen from the outside, except in severe cases of middle ear infections where pus can be seen flowing into the ear.
It is also important to have a urine test when your child has a fever that has no obvious cause. Older babies with urinary tract infections may have frequent urination, painful urination, or even urinary incontinence and back pain.
Smaller babies may only have symptoms such as anorexia and vomiting, and no other symptoms can be seen, so it is very easy to misdiagnose.
A small number of urinary tract infections are due to congenital malformations of the urinary organs, such as misshapen kidneys or ureters entering the bladder at the wrong angle, and need to be treated surgically.
Respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases are the main causes of fever.
Nowadays, the number of children with fever coming to the respiratory department is high, and fever cases have accounted for 1/2 to 2/3 of the outpatient clinics, most often caused by upper respiratory tract infections. Upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis and pneumonia can cause high fever in summer.
Gastroenteritis caused by eating unclean food or viral infections can also cause fever, along with some gastrointestinal reactions such as nausea and vomiting.
Among respiratory infections, in addition to the more common diseases, herpes pharyngitis has recently been on the rise, which is caused by a more specific virus and mostly results in infections with small blisters in the oropharynx of the child, which can develop into ulcers.
Because the ulcers are painful, the child often cries, and the more severe cases affect eating and water intake.
In addition, because of the ulcers, bacterial infections may be combined, and the fever may go down for three to five days in short cases, or a week in long cases, in which case parents should not hope that the temperature will come down in a day, as it takes some time to recover.
Among the gastrointestinal diseases, dysentery should be taken seriously, it is also a kind of intestinal virus infection, there are many types, ordinary ones are not a problem, just take some medicine.
However, if the child has the cerebral edema type or shock type dysentery, it is more serious, the cerebral edema type will have a seizure, and the shock type will become pale and shocked at once, which is very dangerous.
Therefore, if your child has a high fever in summer, it is best to pay attention to the stool if it is accompanied by poor mental health, nausea and vomiting, so that you don’t miss out on dysentery.
What should I do if my child has a fever?
1. Drink more warm water, green vegetable water and fruit juice
If the baby has a fever, then you can give the baby more water to replenish body fluids, which is the most basic cooling method, and is also very effective and practical, suitable for all babies with fever.
However, it is important to remember not to give your baby cold water because fever is often accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms and coughing, and drinking cold water can aggravate these accompanying symptoms. Give your baby warm water.
2.Warm water bath
A warm water bath means wiping the whole body with a warm towel, which is a good way to cool down the fever and is suitable for all babies with fever. Water temperature of 32-34 oC is appropriate, each wipe time of 10 minutes or more.
The key areas to wipe are the skin folds, such as the neck, armpits, elbows, groin, etc.
3.Warm water bath
The water temperature is about 3 to 4°C lower than the body temperature of the sick child, for 5 to 10 minutes each time.
Many parents think that babies with fever can not take a bath, in fact, the opposite, give your baby a warm bath, can help your baby cool down. Warm baths are suitable for all babies with fever.
4.Low greenhouse method
Place the sick baby in an environment with a room temperature of about 24°C to bring down the body temperature slowly. In order to let the baby’s skin come into contact with the outside air for cooling, so less clothing is needed.
If possible, air conditioning can also be used to lower the room temperature. This method is suitable for small babies under 1 month old, especially in summer, as long as the baby’s clothes are left open and placed in a cool place, his body temperature will slowly drop.
If the baby’s fever is accompanied by chills and chills, the hypothermia method should not be used.
5.Fever-reducing patches
The fever-reducing patch is a new product that has become popular in recent years, but the fever-reducing effect is average and not as effective as the advertisements exaggerate. A sticker on the baby’s forehead, the baby’s head will be a little more comfortable, and the parents’ hearts will be more comfortable. It should be beneficial and harmless.