What to do if your baby has a fever and cold hands and feet? The correct way to reduce fever

Winter is the season when babies are prone to catching colds and fevers. If your baby has a fever but his hands and feet are cold, it means that the body temperature will continue to rise. Don't rush to cool down the baby's body temperature. Warm up his hands and feet. You can use hot water compresses, or rub them warm, and then cool them down physically.

1. What to do if your baby has a fever

1. Maintain air circulation in the home: If the home has air conditioning, maintain the room temperature between 25℃-27℃. You can place your baby in an air-conditioned room or use an electric fan to blow around him to slowly lower his body temperature and make him feel more comfortable. But if the limbs are cold and the patient is shivering violently, it means that the patient needs warmth, so he should be covered with a blanket. But parents must remember that they must not let their babies face the air conditioner or electric fan to cool down.

2. Take off too many clothes: If the baby's limbs and hands and feet are warm and the whole body is sweating, it means that the baby needs to dissipate heat, so he can wear fewer clothes.

3. Warm water bath: Undress the baby and rub the whole body with a warm water (37℃) towel. This will dilate the blood vessels in the baby's skin and release body qi. In addition, when water vapor evaporates from the body surface, it will also absorb body heat.

4. Use a cooling patch: It helps dissipate heat, but it is not recommended for younger babies because it is difficult for them to turn their bodies, and an ice pillow can easily cause localized pain.

2. Physical cooling methods for baby fever:

1. Drink more warm water, vegetable juice and fruit juice. Let your baby drink more water and replenish body fluids. This is the most basic method of reducing fever. It is very effective and practical and suitable for all babies with fever. Do not give your baby cold water, but warm water, because fever in babies is often accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms and cough, and drinking cold water will aggravate these accompanying symptoms.

2. Take a warm water bath: adjust the water temperature between 27℃ and 37℃. Be careful not to give your baby a hot bath. Warm water sponge bath is suitable for cooling down children with high fever. The method is to wipe the child's skin all over the body with warm water at about 32℃-34℃. The chest, abdomen and other areas are sensitive to cold stimulation, so it is best not to wipe them. If a child with a rash has a fever, do not use warm water baths to cool him down.

3. Soak your feet in warm water: Soaking your feet can promote blood circulation and relieve discomfort. Another benefit of soaking your baby's feet when he has a fever is that it can help reduce the temperature.

4. Ice compress: You can apply a small amount of ice compress on the baby's forehead, both sides of the neck, armpits, groin and other large blood vessels.