How to deal with a baby's fever that fluctuates

The baby's body is relatively fragile, especially the baby under 3 years old. Due to their poor immunity, they are particularly prone to fever, and the fever is sometimes high and sometimes low. So when such a fever occurs, parents are particularly worried and want to know how to deal with it. The following is a detailed introduction. You can see how to deal with the baby's fever when it is high or low.

Physical cooling:

First, ensure your baby's fluid intake as much as possible. In addition, under the premise of appropriately raising the room temperature, wear less clothing as much as possible to facilitate heat dissipation from the skin. It can also assist with physical cooling, including the use of ice patches or ice bags. Although the skin can be felt to cool down, the body temperature may not necessarily drop, because cool skin causes blood vessels to constrict, which in turn hinders the dissipation of heat in the body. Applying a warm towel to the body, taking a warm bath, etc. can cause the blood vessels in the skin to dilate, which helps to dissipate heat from the body.

Drug cooling:

The recommended antipyretics for infants and young children contain acetaminophen and ibuprofen. It is best to use the two drugs alternately to reduce fever. This can reduce the number of times each drug is used within 24 hours and reduce the side effects of the drugs on the baby.

In addition, injectable antipyretics are not more effective than oral antipyretics. When children have a fever, they are given antipyretic injections just to appease anxious parents. The same is true for intravenous infusion, which itself cannot shorten the duration of fever.

4. Dietary recipes for babies with fever

When your baby has a fever, it is suitable to eat small meals frequently, mainly light, easily digestible liquid or semi-liquid food.

Recipe for babies under 1 year old with fever:

Watermelon juice: If there are no symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea when having a fever, you can drink fresh watermelon juice. Remove the seeds from the watermelon, take out the pulp, and squeeze the juice. It can be diluted with water and taken frequently according to the age and needs of the child.

Milk substitute powder: plant protein such as lotus root powder, which is similar to milk in nutrition, but easy to digest and absorb, and can be diluted and drunk according to the age and needs of the child.

Mung bean soup: Boil the mung beans with water until they are soft, then add appropriate amount of sugar or salt. Mung beans have the therapeutic effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and relieving summer heat, and they are also rich in water and nutrients.

The baby's fever is sometimes high and sometimes low. If the temperature is not too high, it is not recommended to take medicine. It is recommended to reduce the temperature through physical cooling methods. This method can often reduce the temperature as quickly as possible and the effect is good. However, if the cooling effect of physical methods is not significant, take the child to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible to make the baby recover as soon as possible.