What should a 6-year-old child eat when he has a fever?

Many parents feel at a loss when they find their children have a fever because they don't know much about basic medical knowledge. For example, what should a 6-year-old child eat when he has a fever? If the food he eats is not right, it will affect the effectiveness of drug treatment. If you also want to understand these basic common sense, it is recommended that you continue reading and you will understand. I hope the following content will be helpful to everyone.

First of all, you should choose light, easy to digest and softer food on a daily basis. Because children will have poor appetite when they have a fever, they can eat some millet porridge, noodles, and other foods that are easy to digest and can replenish the body with nutrients. In fact, for children with fever, we should try our best to meet their dietary needs. As long as the child likes to eat, you can let the child eat a little. However, there are some foods that must not be given to children with fever. This is also a dietary misunderstanding that many parents often make.

1. Cold drinks. When a child has a fever, his intestinal function will naturally decline. If he drinks more cold drinks at this time, it will aggravate the child's condition, especially if the fever is caused by bacterial dysentery. He should pay more attention to food hygiene.

2. Eggs. Eggs are recognized as the most nutritious food. Many parents will let their children eat more eggs to supplement nutrition after seeing their children have a fever. In fact, the protein in eggs will produce extra heat after being decomposed in the body, which is not conducive to cooling down the child.

3. Honey. Honey is a tonic that replenishes qi. If you eat it when you have a fever, it will prevent the internal heat from being cleared, thus causing some other complications.

4. Stimulating foods, such as ginger and chili, are actually warm foods. They will add heat to the body. Eating them when you have a fever will only make things worse.

5. Drinking tea. Many people believe that tea has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. In fact, under normal circumstances, drinking some tea is very helpful for relieving heat and reducing temperature. However, if you drink it when you have a fever, it will make the patient maintain a highly excited state, causing the body temperature and blood pressure to rise. Fever itself requires more rest. In this way, the child cannot get effective rest, which is naturally not conducive to recovery. Moreover, if you are taking antipyretic drugs, the decomposition of tea will affect the efficacy of the drugs and is not conducive to reducing fever.

6. Forcing children to eat. When children have a fever, they will most likely have a poor appetite. Anxious parents who see that their children do not eat will worry about their children's malnutrition and force them to eat. In fact, doing so will aggravate the child's condition, especially by directly causing vomiting, diarrhea and other adverse symptoms in children.

7. Carbonated drinks. Carbonated drinks can almost be said to be children’s favorite, but children cannot drink them when they have a fever, because carbonated drinks cannot really replenish water for children. In addition, they will promote urination, which is more likely to cause dehydration and water loss in children. In addition, in principle, children should not be given too much sweetened fruit juice.

What should a 6-year-old child eat when he has a fever? The above article has introduced it very clearly. I hope parents can remember this common sense. Once you find that your child has a fever, you should eat more of the foods listed above. If the fever is very high, you should send your child to the hospital for treatment. This will help the temperature drop faster and the child will not be harmed.