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

The weather is hot in the summer, and all kinds of pollutants in the air are fermenting under the sun. Therefore, summer is a season that is prone to bacterial infections, and children's resistance is very weak. This is the peak period for children to have fevers. Many parents are at a loss when faced with their children's bacterial infections and fevers. So today I will teach you how to deal with children's fevers caused by bacterial infections.

The most common cause of fever in children in summer is upper respiratory tract infection, which usually presents symptoms such as sneezing, chills, coughing, and headache. If the fever is not high, below 39 degrees Celsius, it can be dealt with at home.

To deal with children's fever, most families currently use two methods: one is to take antipyretic drugs, and the other is to use external cooling. In fact, neither of these two methods is worth recommending. Fever is an immune response of the human body to fight against germs, and germs are easily killed at relatively high temperatures. Many people have "fever phobia", which protects the body, but parents are often afraid that their children will develop a fever and give them antipyretics from time to time. As a result, even if the temperature drops temporarily, it will rise again after a while. The correct approach is to supplement children with certain nutrients and sufficient water in time. If you really need to give your child antipyretics, you must strictly follow the doctor's prescription.

The normal basal body temperature of children is 36.9℃~37.5℃. Generally, when the body temperature exceeds the basal body temperature by more than 1°C, it is considered a fever. Among them, low fever refers to body temperature fluctuating around 38°C, and high fever refers to body temperature above 39°C. Continuous fever for more than two weeks is called long-term fever.

The above-mentioned basal body temperature refers to the rectal temperature, which is measured from the anus. Generally, the oral temperature is 0.3℃~0.5℃ lower than the rectal temperature, and the axillary temperature is 0.3℃~0.5℃ lower than the oral temperature.

If the temperature is above 38.5 degrees, it is recommended that you first ask the doctor to confirm whether it is a viral infection or a bacterial infection. If it is a viral infection, use antiviral drugs (such as ribavirin) and if it is a bacterial infection, use antibiotics (such as cephalosporins). Don't rush to reduce the fever. Fever is only a symptom and the cause of the disease must be found out.

Also, don't be superstitious about intravenous infusion. The doctor said that if you can take medicine, don't get an injection, and if you can get an injection, don't get an infusion. The key is to use the right medicine, not strong medicine.

3 Groin and limbs, the whole sponge bath time is 10 to 15 minutes, until the child's temperature drops to 38℃, etc.). Generally, antipyretics such as Tylenol and Anesthesia drops should be used after the body temperature reaches 39 degrees. However, when infants and young children under 3 years old have a high fever, physical cooling methods should be used first. Generally, antipyretic injections and antipyretic drugs are not required to avoid collapse and drug toxicity reactions. Regardless of whether the fever has subsided, parents should take their children to find out the cause of the fever as much as possible to see whether the baby has caught a cold or has a viral infection. It is unscientific to force the temperature down.

For many new parents, taking care of a child is a very difficult task. However, in order for every child to grow up healthily, parents should learn more ways to take care of the baby. Only in this way can they deal with it calmly when the baby is sick and make the baby recover as much as possible. So parents must remember the methods I told you today.