What should I do if my six-month-old baby has a high fever?

When a baby is sick and has a fever, it is the most troublesome thing for parents. On the one hand, they feel helpless to see their baby suffer from the disease, but on the other hand, they also hope that their baby can recover quickly. However, in real life, things often go against one's wishes, that is, the baby's fever not only shows no signs of improvement, but also persists. So what should you do if your six-month-old baby has a high fever that won’t go away? Let’s take a look.

1. Cold wet compress on the head: Soak a soft towel in 20℃ - 30℃ cold water, squeeze it slightly to prevent dripping, fold it and place it on the forehead, change it every 3-5 minutes.

2. Head ice pillow: Fill the ice bag half full with small ice cubes and a small amount of water, expel the air from the bag, press the bag opening tightly, and place it on the pillow after there is no water leakage.

3. Wipe with warm water or take a warm bath: Wipe the child's head, armpits, limbs with a warm and wet towel or take a warm bath, scrub the skin more to promote heat dissipation.

4. Alcohol bath: suitable for cooling down high fever. Prepare 200-300 ml of 20%-35% alcohol and use it to rub the limbs and back.

5. Drink plenty of water and don’t take any medicine casually. When the fever is high, breathing speeds up and sweating causes the body to lose a lot of water. Therefore, parents should give their children plenty of water when they have a fever, increase urine volume, and promote the excretion of toxins in the body.

It is generally not advisable to use drugs to reduce fever in neonates; for fever caused by general infections in infants and young children, it is best to use appropriate physical cooling measures first. However, it is not advisable to use cold compresses and alcohol baths to cool down children with rash diseases such as measles, so as to avoid irritating the skin and affecting the outbreak of the rash.

Through the above introduction, we have a general understanding of how to deal with a baby’s high fever. Babies under six months old are too young to take medicine, so it is recommended to use physical cooling methods to help the baby reduce fever. Parents can follow the methods described above, which can generally lower the baby's body temperature.