If your baby has a high fever after a viral infection, you should take antipyretic treatment in a timely manner, either through physical cooling or medication, and antiviral treatment if necessary.
1. Physical cooling: If the fever is not higher than 38.5 ℃, you can use a wet towel on the forehead or use a fever-reducing patch, warm water to wipe the armpits, groin and other places, to promote the baby’s metabolism, and at the same time, should be timely supplementation of water, electrolytes, nutrients, and closely observe changes in the condition.
2. Medication: If the fever is higher than 38.5 ℃, oral antipyretic drugs, such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, etc., can be taken under the guidance of a doctor; viral infections can be used broad-spectrum antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin, etc., but also can take heat and detoxification of proprietary medicines, such as Pudilan Oral Liquid, etc., to promote recovery.
The use of antiviral drugs should be under the guidance of a doctor to choose the appropriate drugs according to the different types of viral infections, not self-medication.
Repeated high fever after viral infection does not exclude the possibility of combined bacterial infection, the baby with viral infection high fever does not go away, should promptly go to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.