What to do with children with gastrointestinal flu and fever

The treatment of children with gastrointestinal colds and fevers varies depending on the child’s temperature and the child’s comfort level. The treatment includes general care, cooling treatment, and other symptomatic treatments for gastrointestinal flu. 1. General care: Eat a light diet, drink plenty of warm water or fruit juice, rest, keep the room ventilated, and avoid getting cold. 2. Cooling treatment: body temperature below 38.5 degrees can be taken to physical cooling, such as reducing the clothes worn, warm water on the forehead, warm baths, lowering the temperature of the child’s surroundings, etc. If the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees, it is better to take physical cooling. If the temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take medication to lower the temperature, such as taking ibuprofen or acetaminophen. 3. Treatment of gastrointestinal cold: there is no specific treatment, mainly symptomatic treatment, such as vomiting or diarrhea, to prevent water and electrolyte disorders, drink more water. Children with gastrointestinal flu fever, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, and under the guidance of the doctor to avoid adverse consequences. Use medication as prescribed by your doctor.