How to reduce the fever of baby at night

It is a common phenomenon for babies to suddenly have a fever at night. Many parents have encountered this situation. If this happens, parents should not worry. There are many ways to improve the child's condition through treatment as soon as possible. The following content introduces how to reduce the temperature of babies who suddenly have a fever at night. Parents can have a comprehensive understanding of it.

1. Principles of antipyretic:

2. Reasons for baby's fever:

Cold and fever: The body temperature may be high or low, often accompanied by nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, mild cough, and pharyngeal congestion.

Tonsillitis: It is usually a simple fever, with red and swollen tonsils and suppuration, and may also have a slight nasal congestion.

Pneumonia: The four major symptoms of fever, cough, wheezing and sputum are all visible. It is a viral pneumonia that is common in winter and is a very dangerous type of pneumonia in children.

Children with fever accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea are mostly suffering from enteritis, autumn diarrhea, and summer dysentery. In the summer, if a child has persistent high fever and abdominal distension, even if he or she does not have diarrhea temporarily, the possibility of toxic dysentery should be ruled out.

Many infectious diseases can cause fever, such as chickenpox, measles, roseola infantum, scarlet fever, etc. Especially in winter and spring, we should pay attention to the fever of these diseases.

3. Effective physical cooling methods

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.

First of all, there are many reasons for a baby's sudden fever at night, and there are also many ways to improve it. So when a baby suddenly has a fever at night, as a parent, you should first use physical cooling methods. This method can relieve the child's sudden fever as soon as possible. However, if the effect is not good and the fever exceeds 39 degrees, you must go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination and treatment.