Why do children get fever easily?

Parents are definitely very concerned about their children's health. But in life, children cannot always have smooth sailing and always have some minor problems. However, as long as parents can take good care of their children and use the right treatment methods, these minor problems can be solved one by one. Some children may often go out to play or fail to keep warm, and will start to have a fever when they return home. So, why are children prone to fever?

1. Children are more susceptible to bacterial and viral infections. Their skin and mucous membranes are relatively thin, making them easily invaded by germs. At the same time, children are exposed to more bacteria when playing and running around. In addition, children have fewer antibodies in their bodies and are less immune than adults.

2. Children's bodies are more sensitive to stress and usually respond more strongly to infections than adults, so children usually have very high temperatures when they have a fever.

3. Children have lower tolerance than adults. Children have low body weight and less body fluids. A small physical change, such as dehydration, will have a more serious impact on children than on adults. Therefore, children feel more seriously ill than adults when they are sick.

There are several ways parents can deal with their children's fever:

1. For infants under one and a half years old, the anterior fontanelle has not yet completely closed. Parents can cover the child's anterior fontanelle with the palm of their hand after the child falls asleep, and continue to cover it until the child's head sweats slightly. At this time, when looking at the baby, you will find that the nose is unblocked, the breathing is steady, and the temperature has dropped. At this time, parents can wake up the baby and feed him more warm water or brown sugar water, and the baby will soon recover. My son had several colds and fevers before he was one year old, and I used this method to cure them. The shortest time only took 15 minutes, and the longest took me an hour and a half. My hands were numb, and then I saw sweat on my son's head. Therefore, when covering the baby's anterior fontanelle with the palm of your hand, parents must not be anxious. It is best for the child's father to do it, as men have high temperatures and babies are prone to sweating.

2. Most children's fever is caused by colds. When they have a fever, their hands and feet are cold, their tongue coating is white, their face is pale, and their urine is light in color. Parents can use ginger and brown sugar water to dispel the cold for their children, and the effect is good. If 2 to 3 pieces of green onion cut into one-inch long pieces are added to the ginger and brown sugar water, the effect will be better. If the child is afraid of spicy food, you can add two slices of ginger, two pieces of green onion, and a few drops of vinegar to the porridge for the child. After cooking, remove the ginger and green onion and feed it to the child. It can dispel cold, induce sweating, and reduce fever. The effect is good, and children are willing to eat it. Parents can feed their children 2 to 3 times a day. Do not add onions after the child's fever subsides. Ginger can also be omitted when the tongue coating is no longer white.

3. If the child's hands and feet are not cold when he has a fever, but his face is red, his throat is swollen and sore, his tongue is yellow or red, his urine is yellow and has a strong odor, and his eyes are red, it means that the child has a lot of internal heat in his body and he cannot drink ginger and brown sugar water. Parents should let their children drink plenty of warm boiled water. You can also add a small amount of salt to the water to make it light salt water for the child to drink, which can eliminate internal heat. Only if children drink plenty of water and urinate more often, allowing the internal heat in the body to be discharged with urine, will their body temperature drop and the symptoms of getting a fever improve.

If a child has a fever during the day and at night, it means that the child has internal heat or inflammation in a certain part of the body. At this time, do not give your baby anti-inflammatory drugs randomly. Instead, you can let your child drink some bitter melon water three times a day. If the child no longer has a fever during the day after drinking it, then you can stop.