What to do if your baby has a fever of 38.4 degrees

It is inevitable that babies will feel uncomfortable during the process of growing up. The main reason is that the various functions of the baby's body have not yet fully developed. In particular, sometimes the baby will have a fever after being sick. This is also a manifestation of the body fighting the disease. We must pay attention to the baby's fever. So what should I do if the baby has a fever of 38.4 degrees? Let’s learn more about it through the following introduction.

First of all, don’t rush to reduce the fever, but find out the cause of the child’s fever. Fever is not a disease, it is like an alarm bell for the body, reminding you that there is an abnormality inside the body. Most babies have a fever due to catching a cold. If the baby has cold hands and feet, white tongue coating, pale face, and light urine during the fever, parents can use ginger and brown sugar water to dispel the cold, and add two or three one-inch long green onions to the water, which will help the baby sweat.

If the body temperature does not exceed 38.5 degrees, physical cooling can be adopted. When the child is sleeping, you can use warm water to wipe the body or key parts, such as armpits, thighs, palms and soles of feet, forehead, back of neck, etc. If the temperature exceeds 38.5, you need to take oral antipyretics. Ibuprofen or acetaminophen will do. Pay attention to the dosage. After taking the antipyretics, go to the hospital for a blood test to see what type of infection it is. Take symptomatic medication according to the doctor's diagnosis to avoid recurrent fever. Parents are helpless.

Through the above introduction, we know what to do if the baby has a fever of 38.4. The baby's fever is a particularly serious phenomenon. We must always pay attention to the baby's body temperature. When the baby's temperature reaches 38.5, if physical cooling and medication are ineffective, you must go to the hospital for medical treatment in time.