We need to know what the normal body temperature is to know what a fever is. Normal body temperature is 36℃ to 37.3℃. Then, if you have a fever, we will consider it as fever if it exceeds the normal body temperature, but if you have a fever, we will also divide it into different degrees, such as low fever, moderate fever, high fever and super high fever, usually low fever, moderate fever and high fever will not affect your body, then super high fever (41℃ or more) may cause effects on the nervous system, but super high fever is very rare, usually between heat stroke However, hyperthermia is very rare and is usually caused by heat stroke or when a child is accidentally left in a car in the summer and the temperature of the surrounding car rises.
In my practice, I have come in contact with so many children, I can count the number of children with super high fever on 10 fingers, the vast majority of fevers do not cause any harm to the child’s body, so you do not need to be afraid when you think of fever. Then the degree of fever grading, we must understand, the normal body temperature is in 36 ℃ to 37.3 ℃; low fever: 37.4 ℃ ~ 38.0 ℃; moderate fever: 38.1 ℃ ~ 39.0 ℃; high fever: 39.1 ℃ ~ 41.0 ℃; ultra-high fever: 41 ℃ or more.
What are the stages that a typical fever and a typical high fever go through?
The mothers inside the group should have their own experience and experience of fever, then if it is a very strong fever, it usually goes through three periods, which are the chilling period, the high fever period, and the receding fever period. The performance of the chill period is: fear of cold, cold hands and feet, and pale lips and shivering some performance; next is the high fever period, this time that the body is no longer so cold, lips are not so white so purple, people are not afraid of cold, but this time, the whole body will be hot skin, hands also hot head also hot, and that breathing will become rapid whole body will be painful discomfort.
At this time, the body temperature has reached a relatively high level. After a period of maintaining a high body temperature, due to various reasons, the body temperature begins to fall, then to the low-heat period, this period will be a large number of people sweating. With a lot of sweating, sweat evaporates to take away the heat body temperature will drop. At this time, people will also feel thirsty and want to drink water because they are sweating more.
How do I take my baby’s temperature? How to choose a thermometer?
When you feel that your baby is uncomfortable, or when you feel his skin is higher than usual, or when he is irritable or crying, or when he is sleepy, not in good spirits, not wanting to eat, or vomiting, you can take his temperature. It is obvious that the accuracy of touching by hand is very low, while using a thermometer will give you an accurate reading.
There are many kinds of tools to take the temperature of children, I would generally recommend choosing an ear thermometer or electronic thermometer clamped under the liquid, while the general mercury thermometer and infrared induction thermometer I do not recommend using, that is, we usually go to kindergarten or train station, the kind of thermometer ticked on the forehead.
What are the factors that affect the measurement of body temperature?
Some mothers may say, “Why is it 39 degrees at home, but 38 degrees at the hospital? In fact, the body temperature itself fluctuates, especially when the fever is greater, and sometimes the child’s temperature will drop naturally without special treatment. There are four factors that affect temperature measurement: fluctuations in temperature, movement, environmental effects, and errors in measurement methods.
Can fever burn the brain?
In fact, fever does not burn the brain. The reason why many people think that fever can burn the brain is because some viruses and bacteria can cause fever, and these infections can cause encephalitis and meningitis, which can lead to brain damage and even neurological sequelae.
This damage is caused by damage to the brain and not all fevers can cause brain damage. However, this does not mean that a fever does not need to be taken care of, because a persistent high fever can easily cause repeated febrile convulsions, which can have an impact on the child’s brain. In general, if the child’s temperature does not exceed 38.5 ℃, you can use physical cooling or give the child fever-reducing drugs. Once the fever exceeds 3 days, you should seek medical attention promptly.
What should I do if the higher the temperature, the worse the condition?
Some mothers worry that their child’s temperature is getting higher and higher and that the condition will become more and more serious. Most fevers are caused by infectious diseases, such as colds and viral diarrhea, which usually do not require special treatment and will get better.
How can I help relieve my baby’s condition when he has a fever?
When you have a fever, the most important thing is to get enough water, take fever-reducing medicine if necessary, and let your child rest. This is the most important thing. Sometimes we will see some folk remedies that say boil water with onion or use wet towels to tie the legs or paste the navel to paste the heart of the feet and so on, these folk remedies are purely blind, in addition to psychological comfort, is not any benefit, so when the child has a fever give him good water to eat when necessary to eat antipyretic drugs. The most important thing is to let him sleep well, don’t think about those prescriptions to torment your child.
What if the fever develops into pneumonia?
In fact, pneumonia is pneumonia at the beginning, not pneumonia only after a long fever. So will a child get pneumonia? The main consideration is two issues, on the one hand, the pathogenic bacteria that infects him is not very powerful, if it is some particularly powerful bacteria, then the infected child will easily be hit; because on the other hand, it depends on the child’s own immunity, if the child has the appropriate resistance to the disease, then he will not easily get sick.
Then he is not easy to get sick, then how do we from this pathogenic bacteria and resistance to prevent, in fact, is also very simple, first, to wash hands, second, is to be vaccinated accordingly, for example, like streptococcus pneumoniae, it is a particularly easy to cause lung infection independent very strong bacteria, with this for streptococcus pneumoniae lung fire vaccine, there is a corresponding resistance, it is also not easy to get sick.
What should I do if my baby has repeated fevers? What about fever and cramps?
In fact, the recovery of any kind of disease will have a process, if the process is not over, then after the fever has subsided, it is easy to fever again, it is like a pot of water boiling on the stove, we do not want him to boil we can add a scoop of cold water, but as long as the fire does not go out, the disease process has not passed, the water will be boiling again, the family usually use antipyretic medicine, it is possible to The fever reducer is usually used at home to relieve the symptoms and make the child comfortable, but the fever reducer will still burn again after the fever reducer has passed, usually the duration of action of the fever reducer is 4-6 hours.
The first thing we need to know about fever cramps is what they are, whether they are simply common febrile convulsions or whether there are other more complex causes, such as intracranial sensations, electrolyte confusion or some other problems. The incidence is about 2% to 5%, which means that about one in twenty children may develop this condition, which is understood by our pediatricians as a relatively benign disease.
This condition is understood by our pediatricians to be a relatively benign disease. It is only because the child’s brain is not well developed that it is prone to some dysfunction when the body temperature is high, leading to convulsions, and as the child gets older, the brain will not be prone to convulsions when it is well functioning, and febrile convulsions in childhood will not affect future learning and life.
How to do home care when you have a fever?
In fact, home care for fever is very simple, the first is to ensure sufficient moisture; the second is to use antipyretic drugs when appropriate. So when should I use antipyretic medicine, must it be at 38.5 degrees Celsius? Generally speaking, our pediatrician will take 38.5 degrees Celsius as the cut-off point for whether to take antipyretics, but this point is not absolute, because the purpose of taking antipyretics is to reduce the discomfort caused by fever, usually, the higher the body temperature, the greater the chance of discomfort, generally speaking, 38 degrees Celsius is mostly low to medium fever, then it is not easy to cause discomfort. Then if the fever is above 39 degrees Celsius, then the chances of discomfort will be higher, because everyone has a different degree of sensitivity to this fever.
Some children are particularly sensitive, when the temperature is not high will feel uncomfortable, then we do not have to reach 38.5 ℃ this time the limit, if children feel 38.3 ℃ also feel uncomfortable, is also the same can take antipyretic drugs, do not say less than 38.5 ℃ did not arrive to carry not eat this necessary, on the contrary, if the child’s body temperature reached 39 ℃, but as usual If your child’s temperature reaches 39°C but is jumping around as usual, there is no need to force him to take medicine.
Which fever-reducing medications are safer to take when you have a fever?
To introduce you to two more classic antipyretic drugs is ibuprofen and acetaminophen, the trade name is Merlin and Tylenol, of course, there are other different brands, as long as the two ingredients are safe and effective.