What should I do if my nine-month-old child has a cold and fever?

Cold and fever are very common diseases. Almost everyone has had a cold and fever. Although this disease is not too serious, if a child has a cold and fever, the body's resistance may be too low, so timely treatment is needed. Moreover, when many children have a fever, their parents become too worried and panic-stricken, and they don’t know how to deal with the situation. Here I will introduce to you how to deal with colds and fevers in nine-month-old children.

1. Give your baby more boiled water. Water helps to excrete toxins from the body. Many colds nowadays are viral colds. Therefore, as long as you drink more water and quickly excrete toxins, it will be very helpful for recovery from a cold. You can often give your baby warm water, but don't drink beverages.

2. If you have a fever, you can use physical methods to reduce the fever. The baby's immune mechanism is more sensitive, so it is easy to have a fever when catching a cold. In fact, this is a reaction of the immune mechanism, because only when the body reaches a certain temperature can the invading bacteria and viruses be killed. This is an instinctive protective reaction of the body. Therefore, parents should not be overly nervous. If the temperature does not exceed 39 degrees, there is no need to go to the hospital. Help the child cool down appropriately at home. You can use children's cooling drugs, or use two slices of ginger dipped in alcohol or white wine to wipe the baby's body. Be careful not to wipe the front chest, because alcohol can quickly take away the body's heat. Such physical cooling methods will not harm the child's health.

3. If it is confirmed to be influenza and the high fever persists or the tonsils are inflamed, it is recommended to seek medical attention in time.

Generally speaking, you don't need to take antipyretics. One is to improve children’s own immunity. Second, antipyretic drugs can damage the liver and kidneys. If the child is in good spirits and has a good appetite, there is generally no serious illness. If you want to reduce your child's fever, use cooling methods to reduce the temperature. Take off the panties, wet a towel with cold water (not ice water, ah), and wrap it around his legs and feet. (Do not put a cold towel on your head). Change the cool towel frequently. The fever will go away. This can be done even in winter.

In fact, colds and fevers are not scary. In fact, they are a manifestation of the body's immunity. When a child has a fever, the most important thing is to reduce the temperature quickly. The first choice is physical cooling methods. If these methods can't reduce the temperature, then you need to take medication to reduce the temperature, and always pay attention to the temperature of the fetus.