What to do if your baby has a recurring fever

When babies have recurrent fever, they need to be treated with symptomatic antipyretic treatment in time to avoid excessive body temperature. Physical fever, medication and other methods can be used. 1. commonly used physical fever reduction methods: baby fever less than 38.5 degrees, you can carry out physical cooling, such as the use of warm water on the forehead of the baby, warm bath, reduce the baby wearing clothes, paste fever stickers, the use of fever blankets, fans and reduce indoor temperature, etc., to the baby to drink more water, a small number of times to drink lukewarm water, to accelerate sweating urination, to promote the body’s toxins and metabolism of the discharge. 2. medication to reduce fever: if the baby ≥ 2 months of age, axillary temperature ≥ 38.5 ° C, can be given under the guidance of a doctor antipyretic drugs, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen, the two medication interval of at least 6 hours, the use of drugs may be nausea, vomiting, lethargy, and other mild adverse reactions, can be relieved after discontinuation of the drug; in the anus inserted compound pediatric antipyretic suppositories for fever reduction therapy. It should be noted that recurrent fever is only a symptom, and there are more causes of fever. Babies with fever need to consult a doctor in time to determine the cause of clear fever and observe whether there are other symptoms.