How can I relieve a six-year-old child's fever at night?

When parents are taking care of their children, they will inevitably encounter illness. The most common thing is that they suddenly find that their children have symptoms of fever when they are sleeping at night. Therefore, it is very necessary for parents to master some methods that can alleviate the symptoms. Next, the editor will describe the more scientific and effective methods.

When a child has a fever at night, the first thing we should do is to take the child's temperature. If it is below 38 degrees, give the child some boiled water and coax him to sleep. The child may get better on his own after a night, or you can go to the hospital for a blood test the next day to see what the cause is. If the child's body temperature exceeds 39 degrees, then we need to reduce the child's fever, and physical methods are recommended to reduce the temperature. For example, wipe your child's face with warm water, or apply a cold compress to the forehead.

If the child's temperature does not go down after wiping with warm water, it is recommended to give the child some antipyretic medicine, such as fever-reducing patches for the forehead, and oral antipyretics, such as Motrin, paracetamol, etc. The fever will generally go down quickly after taking them. The medicine should be taken every 4 to 6 hours, so you can take the medicine and wait for the hospital to open.

If the child still feels uncomfortable after taking the medicine, the fever does not go down and the temperature is still very high, you can wrap an ice pack in a dry towel and place it on the back of the child's head and also on the forehead to prevent the high fever from damaging the brain. If you don't have an ice pack, you can use a wet towel wrapped in a plastic bag. In addition to the above methods, you can also use medicated cotton dipped in medical alcohol to wipe the palms of your child's hands, thighs and other parts of the body to help reduce fever.

The article describes very thoroughly the measures for dealing with children's fever at night. I hope parents can read it in detail several times so that when they encounter similar emergencies in the future, they can follow the editor's suggestions to promptly control the further deterioration of fever symptoms and improve their children's discomfort.