What to do if your baby has a fever

The degree of fever in babies varies. Parents should determine the treatment method based on the child's condition. If the child has a high fever but is in good spirits and has a good complexion or has relatively simple symptoms, you can choose to treat yourself at home. However, if other complications occur, such as red or purple face, difficulty breathing, etc., you must seek medical attention in time. The degree of the child's fever can seriously affect the child's physical health.

1. Pay attention to your child’s mental state. If the child has a high fever but is in good spirits, and can still laugh and play after taking medicine to reduce the fever, and is almost the same as usual, it means that the child's condition is not serious and he or she can be rest assured to recuperate at home. If the child is listless, tired, and has a dull expression, it indicates that the child is seriously ill and should be taken to the hospital immediately.

(2) Observe the child’s facial complexion. If the child's complexion is normal or flushed, you can safely care for him/her at home. If the face is dull, yellow, blue, or purple, and the eyes are dull, it means the condition is serious and the person should be sent to the hospital.

(3) Observe whether the child has severe, projectile vomiting. If so, it indicates the possibility of brain disease, the child should be taken to the hospital.

(iv) Check the skin for rashes; if present, this may indicate an infectious disease or drug allergy. Check whether the skin turns purple or cool, which indicates circulatory failure. In both cases, you need to go to the hospital again.

(5) Observe whether the child has abdominal pain and bloody stools. Abdominal pain that does not allow massage indicates acute abdomen, and bloody stools indicate dysentery, etc., and the child must be taken to the hospital.

If the child only has a high fever and does not have the above complications, there is no need to worry even if the fever subsides slowly or recurs from time to time. You should patiently treat and care for the child at home. You can take the following measures:

(1) Keep the environment quiet, comfortable and moist, ventilate the room regularly, and adults should not smoke.

(2) Fever is the body's protective response against microbial invasion and is beneficial to enhancing the body's resistance. Therefore, there is no need to take antipyretics if the body temperature is below 38.5℃. Antipyretic measures are only required if the body temperature exceeds 38.5℃.

(3) The sick child should not wear too many clothes, the quilt should not be too thick, and the child should not be "sweat-covered" to avoid affecting heat dissipation and causing the body temperature to rise even higher.

(4) Encourage children to drink more water and eat more fruits. After having a fever, the child's appetite decreases. You can prepare some delicious and easy-to-digest meals and choose the time when the child's temperature is not high or when he or she has taken medicine to reduce the fever to eat, but do not let the child eat too much.

(V) Maintain smooth bowel movements.

When the baby is in the fever stage, we should pay attention to keeping the room ventilated and cool, dress the baby appropriately, encourage the child to drink more water and eat more fruits, choose some foods that can promote the child's appetite, and keep the child's bowel movements smooth. In this way, the child's health will recover soon. We just need to pay attention to some details.