Children do not have fever during the day and fever at night can be seen in the clothing after the physiological factors, this time without special treatment; can also be seen in pneumonia, leukemia, Kawasaki disease and other pathological conditions, the first need to actively carry out antipyretic treatment, commonly used methods, including physical hypothermia and oral medication, and then for the cause of the treatment.
Fever is a common clinical symptom in childhood, children’s body temperature center is not well developed, after meals, exercise, crying, too thick clothing, room temperature is too high and emotional fluctuations, etc. can make the body temperature rise, such as just an individual once the temperature reaches 37.4 ℃, the general condition is good, and there is no self-awareness of the symptoms, is not a pathological state. At this time, you can reduce clothing and other ways to cool down, without special treatment.
For fever but body temperature <38.5 ℃ children can use warm water on the child's forehead, reduce the clothing worn and other physical methods of cooling, some children's body temperature can gradually decline, when the body temperature ≥ 38.5 ℃ need to use ibuprofen, acetaminophen and other drugs under the guidance of a doctor for antipyretic treatment.
Treatment of the cause of fever is also important for the recovery of body temperature.
If the pneumonia is caused by bacterial infection, you can use cefixime, cefdinir and other drugs to fight infection; if the leukemia and other blood system tumors need to use vincristine, Zoerythromycin and other drugs to carry on the chemotherapy; if the Kawasaki disease and other rheumatic diseases, you need to use aspirin, injectable immunoglobulin to carry on the treatment.
The above drugs need to be used under the guidance of physicians, avoid self-medication. There are many causes of nighttime fever in children, so it is recommended to consult a specialist for evaluation and treatment.