What should I do if my child has a fever at night?

The problem of children's fever makes parents very panic, because although fever is not a serious illness for adults, children's resistance is very poor, and once they have a fever, it may endanger the health of their brain. Therefore, children with fever should be treated immediately and not delayed for too long. Children usually have a fever at night. Let’s take a look at what to do if a child has a fever at night.

1. Measure body temperature. Parents should not panic if their children have a fever at night. The first thing to do is to test the child's temperature with a thermometer to see the extent of the child's fever, and then take corresponding measures.

2. Physical cooling. When the child's body temperature is below 38.5 degrees, physical cooling methods can be used to help the baby cool down.

(1) Drink more warm water, vegetable juice and fruit juice. Let your baby drink more water and replenish body fluids. This is the most basic method of reducing fever. It is very effective and practical and suitable for all babies with fever. Do not give your baby cold water, but warm water, because fever in babies is often accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms and cough, and drinking cold water will aggravate these accompanying symptoms.

(2) Warm water bath, that is, wipe the whole body with a warm water towel. This is a great way to cool down any baby who has a fever. The water temperature is more suitable at 32-34 degrees, and each wiping time should be more than 10 minutes. The key areas to wipe are the skin folds, such as the neck, armpits, elbows, groin, etc.

(3) Warm water bath: The water temperature should be approximately 3-4°C lower than the patient’s body temperature, and each bath should last for 5-10 minutes. Many parents think that babies should not be bathed when they have a fever. In fact, on the contrary, giving babies a warm bath can help cool them down. A warm bath is suitable for all babies with a fever.

(4) Low-temperature chamber method: Place the sick child in an environment with a room temperature of approximately 26°C to allow the body temperature to slowly drop. In order to allow the skin to come into contact with the outside air and help cool down, people need to wear less clothes. If conditions permit, use air conditioning to lower the room temperature. This method is suitable for babies under 1 month old, especially in summer. Just open the baby's clothes and put him in a cool place, his body temperature will slowly drop. If your baby has chills and shivering when having a fever, you should not use the low-temperature chamber method.

3. Take antipyretics under the guidance of a doctor. The home should prepare some antipyretic drugs that are suitable for children and have high clinical safety. If the baby's temperature is still over 38.5℃ after physical cooling treatment, medication should be used to reduce the fever. If the child's fever does not go down after taking antipyretics and his mental state is not good, he should go to the hospital immediately to avoid delaying the baby's condition and causing other complications.