What to eat when your baby has a fever

In the eyes of many parents, a child’s fever is the most troublesome thing. Although it is very common, it can be very harmful to the child’s body if not treated in time. Many children often suffer from convulsions, high fever convulsions, and even life-threatening problems due to fever. Therefore, during the fever period, in addition to intravenous treatment or drug treatment, diet is also very important. Let’s take a look at what children with fever should eat?

1. Dietary treatment for high fever in children (the following information is for reference only, please consult a doctor for details)

1. Shuanghua Drink suitable for babies over 6 months old:

Take 10 grams of honeysuckle and 10 grams of chrysanthemum. Boil honeysuckle and chrysanthemum in water for 15 minutes, and drink the juice as tea. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.

2. Ginger and brown sugar porridge suitable for babies over 8 months old:

3 slices of ginger, 12 grams of brown sugar, 50 grams of glutinous rice. Add rice and water to cook porridge, add ginger and brown sugar into the boiling porridge and serve it hot. It has the effect of inducing sweat and dispelling wind and cold.

3. Winter melon and lotus leaf soup suitable for babies over 1 year old:

Take 250 grams of winter melon and 1 lotus leaf. Wash the wax gourd and cut into pieces with the skin. Chop the lotus leaves, add water and boil the soup. When the soup is ready, remove the lotus leaves, add salt and drink the soup. It has the effects of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, relieving restlessness and thirst, and promoting diuresis. These dietary remedies are all safe and non-toxic. Parents can choose to give their children the medicine under the guidance of a doctor. It can have a certain therapeutic effect.

2. What foods are good for children with high fever?

1. First of all, when arranging your diet, the total calories should not be less than 70% of the calories required by the body. The diet should be easily digestible liquid or semi-liquid food, such as rice soup, milk, egg drop soup, porridge, lotus root powder, minced meat noodles, etc. You can also drink more water. In order to make up for the nutritional loss during the baby's fever, 1-2 additional meals should be given every day. It should be noted that such additional meals should be stopped until 1-2 weeks after the illness recovers.

2. Food should be soft, easy to digest and light, such as rice soup, porridge, dairy products, soy products, vegetables, noodles, etc.;

3. Fever is a wasting disease, so children should also be given high-protein foods, such as meat, fish, eggs, etc., but less meat and greasy food;

4. You can also eat a small amount of fruit. Drink water and eat in small amounts and multiple times, and never overeat.

3. What foods should children avoid eating when they have a high fever?

Don't eat eggs. When the baby has a fever, eating a large amount of protein-rich eggs will not only fail to lower the body temperature, but will increase the body heat, causing the baby's body temperature to rise further, which is not conducive to the child's early recovery.