How to treat a 17 month old child’s fever?

Nowadays, any topic about baby's illness will cause a sensation. After all, every new life is the flower of the motherland and the hope for the motherland's future. When children have a fever, they may even cry and make a fuss frequently, and in serious cases, it may even cause developmental problems. Well, today I will talk about a simple question: what should you do if your child has a fever?

When the child's temperature is below 38.5℃, you don't need to take antipyretics. It's best to drink more water and pay close attention to changes in the condition, or use physical cooling methods. If the temperature exceeds 38.5℃, you can take antipyretics. Commonly used antipyretics include paracetamol, Tylenol for children, Motrin, etc., but it is best to use them under the guidance of a pediatrician.

2. Physical cooling methods

In the absence of direct cold wind, taking off too much clothes or loosening clothes is conducive to heat dissipation. Give children a sponge bath with 35%-45% alcohol or warm water, mainly in places where large blood vessels are distributed, such as the forehead, neck, armpits, groin and thigh roots, which can achieve the effect of cooling down.

3. Medication for fever

There are many causes of fever in children. When the pathogen is unknown, it is best not to abuse anti-inflammatory drugs, because "all medicines are poisonous". If anti-inflammatory drugs are abused, it can cause damage to the liver and kidney functions of children, increase the resistance of pathogens to drugs, and be detrimental to physical recovery. It is best to treat children's fever under the guidance of a doctor and prescribe the right medicine according to the condition to achieve the effect of curing the disease;

4. Diet for fever

Drink plenty of water. If you refuse to drink water, you can drink juice instead. Eat easily digestible food. During hospitalization, Cheng mainly eats porridge, soup, and noodles.

5. Fever medicines that should be kept at home

Children's Tylenol and Motrin - both are from Johnson & Johnson. Chengbao has used both of them. They have good fever-reducing effects. After taking them, you will sweat a lot and the fever will go down. However, you cannot take them too often. Taking too much will cause serious side effects. You must take them according to the instructions.

Cooling patch - apply it on the forehead or back of the neck, it is also very effective in reducing fever;

Antipyretic suppository - inserted in the buttocks, the antipyretic effect is also very good, but I personally feel it is very troublesome. After inserting it, the baby will cry hard and it will come out. When Chengbao had a fever, I tried several times but it didn't work!

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Therefore, everyone must pay attention to taking good care of the baby, do not let the child eat food containing too much medicine, be sure to reduce the use of medicines, and give the baby more boiled water, reduce the intake of carbonated drinks, and pay attention to eating more nutritious food.