What is the cause of unexplained fever in young children?

There will always be some problems in the process of growth of young children. Diseases are a common occurrence for young children. Many young children will have fever, and after the fever, mothers generally do not know what is wrong with their children. This situation is the phenomenon of unexplained fever in young children. So what is the matter with unexplained fever in young children? Let’s learn more about it through the following introduction.

Non-disease factors

The baby's body temperature is easily affected by the external environment: high temperature (heatstroke), wearing too many clothes, insufficient water intake, water loss (sweating, diarrhea), poor ventilation in the room, before and after strenuous exercise, the effects of certain special drugs, and other factors such as preventive injections may also cause fever. If the body temperature becomes unstable, the possibility of illness should be considered.

Disease factors

Fever in infants younger than 3 months

Bacterial infection is the most common (such as group B streptococcus); other infections such as respiratory tract, urinary tract, gastrointestinal tract or otitis media can also cause fever. The most serious infectious disease is sepsis. Therefore, when a newborn has a fever, it is important to take the baby to a doctor for examination so that early diagnosis and treatment can be given.

Fever in infants and children older than 3 months

The most common ones are colds, otitis media, and urinary tract infections. Otitis media is usually caused by bacteria or viruses from a cold infecting the middle ear through the Eustachian tube. Except for severe otitis media where pus can be seen flowing into the ear, most abnormalities cannot be seen from the outside.

Through the above introduction, we know what is going on when a young child has an unexplained fever. When a young child has a fever, what we need to do is to cool the child down. Generally, if the condition is not serious, it is best not to take medicine or get an injection. It is best to perform physiological cooling and find out the cause of the child's fever during the cooling process.