What to do if a 7-year-old child has a cold and fever

Children are a weak group. Due to their young age, their physical resistance is much lower than that of adults. Therefore, if they are not properly cared for, children will feel uncomfortable. Colds are a common disease among children. What makes many parents particularly worried is that children often have a fever after catching a cold. This is also a particularly serious situation. Parents must pay attention. So, what should you do if a 7-year-old child has a cold and fever? Let’s take a look.

1. Pay attention to your child's mental state. If the child has a high fever but is in good spirits, and can still laugh and play after taking medicine to reduce the fever, and is almost the same as usual, it means that the child's condition is not serious and he or she can be rest assured to recuperate at home. If the child is listless, tired, and has a dull expression, it indicates that the child is seriously ill and should be taken to the hospital immediately.

2. Observe your child's facial expression. If the child's complexion is normal or flushed, you can rest assured to take care of him at home; if his complexion is dull, yellow, blue, or purple, and his eyes are dull, it means that the condition is serious and he should be sent to the hospital.

3. Observe your child for severe, projectile vomiting. If this indicates a brain lesion, you should go to the hospital.

4. Check whether there is any rash on the skin. If there is, it may indicate an infectious disease or drug allergy. Check whether the skin is purple or cool. If there is, it may indicate circulatory failure. In both cases, you need to go to the hospital again.

5. Observe whether the child has abdominal pain and bloody stools. Abdominal pain that does not allow massage indicates acute abdomen, and bloody stools indicate dysentery, etc., and the child must be taken to the hospital.

Through the above introduction, we now know what to do if a 7-year-old child has a cold and fever. When a child has a fever, we should not rush to give the child antipyretics, but choose the treatment method according to the child’s condition. Generally, when the child’s temperature is 38 degrees, timely physical cooling should be given to the child, which is also an effective cooling method.