What to do if your baby has a high fever from a bacterial infection

The high fever caused by bacterial infection in infants requires parents to take their babies to the hospital immediately to reduce the baby’s fever, and follow the doctor’s instructions to give the baby antibiotics and other medications. 1. Anti-fever treatment: infant bacterial infection caused by high fever, parents need to immediately take the child to the hospital under the guidance of the doctor to use ibuprofen or acetaminophen and other drugs for heat treatment, and at the same time with the physical cooling such as using warm towels to wipe the body. It is necessary to lower the baby’s body temperature in time to avoid the baby from having heat convulsions. 2. Antibiotic treatment: the most fundamental treatment for fever caused by bacterial infection in infants is the use of antibacterial drugs, and before the use of antibacterial drugs, it is recommended that infants do a bacterial culture, so as to use the appropriate drugs for bacteria. Cefixime, penicillin or azithromycin are the broad-spectrum antibiotics usually used in the clinic. The baby’s bacterial infection high fever, it is recommended that parents take the child to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment, the use of medication in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.