What to do if a child has a high fever of 40 degrees

For children, a fever of 40 degrees is a relatively dangerous situation. High fever has a huge impact on children. If the temperature is not reduced in time, it is likely to affect the child's brain and lungs. If a child has a high fever, you can use methods such as fever-reducing patches, warm water baths, warm wet compresses, reducing clothing and bedding, drinking plenty of water, and warm alcohol baths to reduce the temperature. These methods are described in detail below.

1. Cooling patch

Generally suitable for preschool children. When your baby has a fever, you can stick one on his forehead or where large blood vessels run. It can lower the body temperature through the physical change of water vaporization and heat absorption.

2. Warm water bath

Warm water baths are suitable for cooling down children with high fever. The method is to take a bath in hot water slightly higher than the baby's body temperature and wipe the baby's skin all over the body. You can wipe the neck, armpits, elbows, groin, popliteal fossa and other areas with rich blood vessels for a little longer to help dissipate heat.

3. Warm and wet compress

This method also increases the chance of heat dissipation from the skin by dilating blood vessels, exposing the skin, and evaporating water from the epidermis, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing temperature and fever. The specific method is to wipe the whole body with a warm water towel. Soak the towel in warm water for a while. The water temperature should be controlled between 32℃ and 34℃. Then take out the towel, wring it until it is half dry, and wipe the baby's whole body, especially the wrinkled areas, such as the neck and under the armpits.

4. Reduce clothing and quilts:

When your child has a fever, remember not to dress him/her in too many clothes or cover him/her with too thick a blanket. This traditional method of "covering the body to sweat" is not conducive to heat dissipation and fever reduction. Instead, it may cause febrile convulsions due to overheating. For many young babies, the body temperature can be lowered by simply reducing the number of clothes and blankets.

5. Drink plenty of water

It helps to sweat and dissipate heat. In addition, water has the function of regulating temperature, which can lower body temperature and replenish the water lost by the body.

6. Warm alcohol bath

Alcohol bath: Add 70% alcohol to 1/1 tap water. The diluted water temperature should be about 37℃-40℃. Put it in a small bowl. When giving a sponge bath, close the doors and windows, dip gauze or a soft towel in the alcohol in the bowl, and wipe the child's palms, soles of feet, armpits, inner sides of upper arms, and thighs, and then wipe the limbs and back. Do not wipe directly with alcohol, this method is not suitable for babies under 1 year old.