What should I do if my child catches a cold or has a fever?

When the seasons change, people's immune ability is at its lowest. At this time, we should do some health-preserving work to prevent our body's immunity from being affected so much. Especially for children, we must feed them some nutrient-rich food, and balance the nutrients they absorb every day. The most important thing is to keep them warm, otherwise they may catch a cold, which will cause a cold and fever, which has a great impact on the child's body.

Most babies have fevers due to catching a cold. If the baby has cold hands and feet, white tongue coating, pale face, and light-colored urine during the fever, parents can use ginger and brown sugar water to dispel the cold, and add 2 to 3 one-inch long pieces of green onion to the water, which has a sweating effect.

If a baby over 2 years old has a fever, parents can give him a massage. First rub the soles of the child's feet to draw the heat to his feet. After the feet are warm, rub the calves. After the calves are warm, rub the hands, arms, back, and finally the child's ears. When massaging, be gentle and slow, and give your baby plenty of water. If the baby continues to have a fever, you can use warm water to wipe his body, and use a towel to rub the baby's body to warm and reden it to dissipate heat from the baby's body; if the baby still has cold hands and feet, it means that the baby has caught a severe cold, and you can give the baby ginger and brown sugar water to drink several times in a row. Parents need to be reminded that the order of drinking scallion, ginger and brown sugar water plus massage treatment is to drink the scallion, ginger and brown sugar water first and then massage.

If the child's fever is above 38.5 degrees, it is faster to use Motrin to reduce the fever. If it is between 38 and 38.5 degrees, it is better to use Tylenol. If it is a low fever, don't use either of these two medicines, just use common cold medicine. Baby cold medicines such as pheniramine also have antipyretic effects.

Drink more water. Drinking water helps to sweat and dissipate heat, lower body temperature and replenish the water lost by the child's body. Drinking water is not limited to plain water. You can let your child drink some of his or her favorite fruit juice, beverages, etc. to replenish water and vitamins, or drink more soup. When a child is sick and has no appetite, you can let him/her eat some cake, tofu, etc.

The first thing is to let them drink more boiled water, because when they have a high fever, their body fluids will continue to be lost. If they are not replenished with sufficient water, they are likely to become dehydrated. And if they drink more water, it can also promote their body to sweat and dissipate heat, which is also helpful in lowering the temperature. They can also drink some fruit juice that they like.