What should I do if my child has a persistent high fever of 39 degrees?

If a child's high fever continues to reach above 39 degrees, you can choose to use medication for treatment. Never let your child dehydrate. Use warm water to wipe the child's whole body continuously, which has a very effective cooling effect. Children's high fever tends to continue to rise at night, so you need to take your child's temperature every hour at night. Do not let the temperature exceed 40 degrees, otherwise meningitis is likely to occur.

1. Drug treatment: The best way to treat a child’s high fever is to use a combination of Chinese and Western medicine, which can treat both the symptoms and the root cause. It can not only relieve the high fever, but also prevent recurrence. For example, the Chaigui Antipyretic Granules for Children is a pure Chinese medicine preparation that is safer, has clear usage and dosage for newborns, and has a sweet orange flavor that is easier to feed. It contains ingredients such as bupleurum, cinnamon twig, kudzu root, duckweed, scutellaria, white peony root, and cicada shells, which can have antipyretic, antiviral, antibacterial and anticonvulsant effects. It can also relieve children's cough, red throat, nasal congestion, runny nose and other symptoms, solve the problem of viral infection that is the essence of fever, and play a role in treating both the symptoms and the root cause and preventing recurrence.

2. Help your child add or remove clothes and bedding appropriately: When a child has a fever, let him or her have a good rest. At the same time, parents should pay attention to the temperature of his or her hands and feet. If the child's hands and feet are hot, it means that the child's body temperature is tending to drop. At this time, remember not to dress the child in too many clothes or cover the child with too thick a quilt. It is best to expose the hands and feet to dissipate heat. If the child's hands and feet are cold and afraid of cold, you can add clothes and bedding appropriately.

3. Drink more water: When a child has a fever of 39 degrees, he or she should take antipyretics and drink more water. For example, let the child drink more warm water, which not only helps the body to sweat and dissipate heat, but also helps the body replenish the water lost during the heat dissipation process, quickly eliminate toxins in the body, and thus speed up the improvement of cold and fever symptoms.

4. Cold compress method: This method is the simplest and most practical physical cooling method. Parents can dip a soft towel in water, wring it dry and place it on the child's forehead. After a few minutes, when the towel becomes hot, soak it in water again and apply it. You can also directly buy a cooling patch and stick it on the child's forehead and cervical spine to reduce fever.

5. Diet therapy: If the child has already added various complementary foods, parents can also help the child through diet therapy. For example, if the child has a cold and fever due to wind-cold, the child can drink some ginger and brown sugar water, or scallion porridge. If the child has a cold and fever due to wind-heat, the child can drink some white radish water, or mung bean water.

The above is the treatment method that can be used for children with persistent high fever of 39 degrees introduced to you today. Finally, parents and friends should be reminded that children’s fever is mostly caused by respiratory tract infection. While helping children with fever reduction treatment, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory treatment should be carried out for respiratory tract infection symptoms to help children solve the cause of fever fundamentally.