What should I do if my 2-year-old has a persistent high fever?

Many children will feel uncomfortable during the process of growing up, especially with colds or diarrhea. Many children will also suffer from tonsillitis. These diseases will cause children to have a fever. Children are still young and their body resistance is particularly low. It is normal for them to feel uncomfortable and have a fever. Therefore, we must take correct measures when children have a high fever. Let’s find out what to do if a 2-year-old has a high fever that won’t go away?

1. Keep the environment quiet, comfortable and humid, ventilate the room regularly, and adults are not allowed to smoke.

2. Fever is the body's protective response against the invasion of foreign microorganisms, which is beneficial to enhancing the body's resistance. Therefore, there is no need to take antipyretics if the body temperature is below 38.5°C. Antipyretic measures are only needed if the body temperature exceeds 38.5°C.

3. Sick children should not wear too many clothes, cover themselves with too thick quilts, or "cover up sweat", so as not to affect heat dissipation and make the body temperature rise higher.

4. Encourage children to drink more water and eat more fruits. After having a fever, the child's appetite decreases. You can prepare some delicious and easy-to-digest meals and choose the time when the child's temperature is not high or when he or she has taken medicine to reduce the fever to eat, but do not let the child eat too much.

5. Keep bowel movements regular.

6. Wear less clothes to allow your child to dissipate heat. The traditional idea is that when a child has a fever, he or she should be wrapped tightly with clothes and quilts to "force" the sweat out. In fact, this is wrong. When children have a fever, they will shiver and parents may think that their children have chills, but in fact, this is because their increased body temperature causes convulsions.

The above method is an introduction to what to do if a 2-year-old has a high fever that won't go away. After the child has a high fever that won't go away, the first thing we should do is to cool the baby down. It is generally not recommended to take antipyretics, but to cool the child down physically. You can do this by testing the body with warm water, and then go to the hospital with the baby for examination and treatment in time.