What to do if children have a fever caused by tonsillitis

Tonsillitis is a common disease among children. When the condition is mild, it will only cause throat discomfort and obvious loss of appetite in children. However, since children have weaker constitutions, they are usually susceptible to other diseases at the same time after being infected by the disease. For example, fever is a common complication of tonsillitis. So what should we do about the fever caused by tonsillitis? The following is a detailed introduction for parents.

Tonsillitis can be treated with antibiotics and antiviral drugs at the same time. If the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees Celsius, you can use physical means, antipyretics or medication to lower the body temperature. If the symptoms do not improve, a penicillin skin test can be done. If the skin test is negative, penicillin can be given intravenously. In addition, if the baby's fever is caused by tonsillitis, it is generally recommended to use physical methods to help the baby lower his body temperature.

1. A body temperature of 37.5-38℃ is a low fever, 38-39℃ is a moderate fever, and above 39℃ is a high fever. Low or moderate fever is beneficial to the baby's growth and development. Fever is the body's response to a viral or bacterial invasion. This reaction helps to eliminate invading viruses and bacteria, thus promoting the normal growth and development of the baby.

2. No medicine is needed unless the fever is high. If the body temperature reaches 39 degrees or above, medication must be taken immediately. If high fever persists for too long, many important functions of the body may be disrupted; the burden on the heart and blood vessels may be increased due to the large consumption of oxygen and nutrients; the brain may be overexcited and cause febrile convulsions or over-inhibited and cause drowsiness; digestive dysfunction may occur; resistance may be weakened and pneumonia may occur, etc.

3. Lower the room temperature (in summer), take off excess clothes, and ensure that the baby is in a cool (but not cold) and ventilated environment. In the past, it was advocated to use physical and drug cooling as appropriate, but the traditional cooling method of using cold or warm water or alcohol baths when the fever is high was not advocated. Studies have shown that this method violates the physiological mechanism.

The above content has introduced how to correctly deal with the fever caused by tonsillitis. Usually when such a phenomenon occurs, the body temperature should be controlled to normal first, and then relevant treatment should be carried out for the tonsillitis. Parents need to pay more attention to replenishing water for their children, and give them more light and easily digestible food during their illness.