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

Children are very prone to fever and rash within six months after birth. Because children are young and have weak resistance, any such situation may lead to convulsions, and even endanger their lives in severe cases. So how can we effectively treat fever and rash in young children? How can we provide effective care to speed up recovery? So next I will give you a detailed introduction on what to do if your child has a fever and rash.

The child begins to develop a rash 3 days after the onset of the disease. The rash first appears behind the ears, on the hairline, and on the face, then quickly spreads to the neck, upper limbs, trunk, and lower limbs, reaching the palms and soles of the feet, and takes about 3 days to spread throughout the body. The rash is mainly composed of small light red papules, which fade when pressed with fingers and vary in size. It usually takes about 3 days to complete.

Treatment: Mainly symptomatic treatment, such as external application of calamine lotion to relieve itching and astringent effects, or oral antiviral liquid. The prognosis of this disease is very good. The rash basically disappears within a day, and serious complications rarely occur. If a high fever occurs and convulsions occur, the temperature should be reduced in time. Apart from this, no special treatment is required.

Care:

1. Let your child get as much rest as possible, provide fresh air, and do not cover yourself with too many or too thick quilts.

2. Keep the skin clean and hygienic. Because of the high fever, you should often wipe off the sweat on your child's body to prevent him from catching a cold.

3. Let your child drink more boiled water or fruit juice to facilitate sweating and urination, and promote the excretion of viruses from the body.

4. When the body temperature exceeds 39°C, physical cooling methods or antipyretics can be used to prevent children from having convulsions due to high fever.

Now that there is a measles vaccine, measles cases are not common in clinical practice, but some infants under 6 months old may still get measles (the attenuated measles vaccine is only given after 6 months). Doctors say that measles is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by measles virus infection. Since the secretions from the mouth, nose, throat and eyes of measles patients contain the virus and are excreted from the body with droplets, respiratory droplets are the main route of transmission.

The above is a detailed introduction to the treatment of fever and rash in young children. It also introduces the corresponding care methods and the transmission routes of measles. I believe that after such a detailed introduction, everyone should be clear about this knowledge. Of course, if a child has this condition, he should be sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.