What should I do if my child often has a fever?

Fever is a normal physiological phenomenon, but if the baby's fever is not handled properly or not done in time, it will easily bring some adverse effects to the baby's body and mind. So what should you do when your baby has a fever! Because babies' immunity is relatively poor and they don't have good resistance to some germs and viruses, how should we alleviate it?

First of all, we need to determine the child's temperature. Generally, antipyretics can only be used when the child's temperature reaches 39 degrees. Therefore, it is recommended that mothers keep thermometers and antipyretics at home on a daily basis, and pay attention to their shelf life.

If the child's temperature is below 39 degrees, it is not recommended to use antipyretics or antipyretic injections. Because all medicines are toxic, some common antipyretics have some toxic side effects. If taken improperly, they can easily cause the baby to faint. It is recommended to try physical antipyretic methods to help children reduce fever.

Here I would like to remind all mothers that when your child has a fever, do not give him or her antipyretics immediately. You must first check whether the child's fever reaches 39 degrees or above. Do not blindly take your child to the hospital for treatment. First, there are many people in the hospital and the hustle and bustle is not conducive to the child's rest. Second, there are many bacteria in the hospital, which can easily cause infection with other diseases. Third, even if you really go to the hospital, the hospital will at most give you some antipyretics and let you wait for registration. You can only see other patients after they have been seen. This is time-consuming and laborious. Moreover, most hospitals nowadays are for profit. Even if you just have an ordinary fever, they will ask you to do a full-body examination. Therefore, it is really unnecessary to take your child to the hospital as soon as you have a fever.

One principle to remember is that if you can avoid taking medicine, try not to take it, and if you can avoid going to the hospital, do not go to the hospital. If the condition is not particularly serious, try to choose physical methods to help your child reduce the fever.

1. Don’t let your child wear too many clothes to help him dissipate heat. When a child has a fever, his whole body is usually very hot. Some people think that they can force the sweat out. In fact, doing so can easily cause convulsions, which is not conducive to the baby's heat dissipation and aggravates the fever.

2. Let your children drink more water, but never beverages, especially sweet things. You can add some salt to the water appropriately. I would also like to remind you not to give your baby cold water. It is best to give your baby warm water to avoid aggravating gastrointestinal symptoms or coughing problems.

3. Apply cold wet compress on the head. Soak a towel in cold water and then dry it. Place it on the baby's forehead and change it every 5 minutes. If you have a head bag, that will also work.

4. Wipe the baby's body with wet water, and use a warm and wet towel to wipe the baby's head, armpits, limbs and other wrinkled areas to promote heat dissipation. If alcohol is available, you can use it.

5. Pay attention to the indoor temperature and try to keep your baby in an environment around 24 degrees.

6. If the baby is still lively and does not want to stay at home, it is a good choice to put a fever-reducing patch on the child.

7. Diet therapy:

1. Winter melon and lotus leaf soup: Put winter melon and lotus leaf into water and cook into soup, then add some seasoning.

2. Tea drink: Boil fresh lotus leaves into soup, then add honey after it cools down.

Under normal circumstances, after some treatment methods, the baby's fever should subside quickly. If the baby's fever does not subside but becomes more serious, it is best to go to the hospital to check whether there are other problems, and it must be dealt with in a timely manner.