A child with a high fever of 39.5 degrees is often caused by influenza, tonsillitis and other conditions, which can be treated by drugs, physical and other methods.
1. Influenza: a child with a high fever of 39.5 degrees may be due to influenza, usually with generalized weakness, muscle pain, sore throat, cough and other symptoms, at this time it is usually recommended that the use of antiviral drugs such as oseltamivir phosphate for treatment.
2. Tonsillitis: Tonsillitis may also cause a child to have a high fever of 39.5 degrees, usually accompanied by sore throat, foreign body sensation, tonsils dry, red and swollen and other symptoms, it is usually recommended to use penicillin and other antibiotic drugs for treatment.
Diet should be light and easy to digest, not too hot. When fever, you can take ice packs, warm baths and other physical methods to lower the temperature, body temperature more than 38.5 degrees, you can take oral acetaminophen, ibuprofen and other drugs to treat.
If a child’s fever of 39.5 degrees is not relieved, or is accompanied by other symptoms, he or she should go to the hospital in a timely manner to clarify the cause of the fever and then give targeted treatment. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.