What should I do if my child has a cold and fever?

Colds and fevers in children are already a very common disease, but recently many children have shown a very high incidence of this disease, which has a great impact on both us and mothers. Many mothers are very worried about why they have caught a cold, so they take their children to seek medical treatment everywhere. Blind treatment is not advisable. Let us now learn about what to do if a child has a cold and fever.

1. Pay attention to wearing appropriate clothes. If you feel very hot, take off excess clothes so that the heat in your body can dissipate. But if this makes you shiver, it means you are wearing too few clothes and you should add more clothes until you are no longer cold. Special care is required if the patient is a young baby, as they cannot yet express their feelings. In fact, dressing children in too many clothes or placing them in extremely hot places may cause a high fever. At the same time, do not make the room temperature too high. Doctors usually recommend not exceeding 20℃. At the same time, the room should be properly ventilated to help recovery, and the light should be soft to help the patient relax. If you feel very uncomfortable, you can take painkillers. Adults take 2 aspirin tablets or 2 paracetamol tablets every 4 hours. The advantage of paracetamol is that fewer people are allergic to it. Because aspirin and paracetamol work in slightly different ways, you may want to use both if you feel that you are not effectively controlling your fever with either. Take 2 aspirin tablets and 2 paracetamol tablets every 6 hours. When taking these medicines, you need your doctor's consent.

2. Aspirin is prohibited. Teenagers under the age of 18 should never take aspirin. Because aspirin can cause Reye's syndrome, a fatal neurological disease, in children with high fevers. Children can use paracetamol instead. Calculate the dosage based on 5-7 mg per pound of body weight and take once every 4 hours. Remember, increasing the frequency of use or exceeding the appropriate dose can be dangerous, so always take it under the guidance of a doctor.

What should we do when a child has a fever? We need to choose the most suitable method based on our own physical fitness and symptoms, so as to help us restore normal physical health in the shortest time. We hope to reduce everyone’s troubles. At the same time, we should also pay special attention to the daily care measures for children in the future.