Why does a child have a fever at night when he is normal during the day?

When faced with some problems with their children, parents are really worried. For example, when a child is sick, they have no idea why he or she is sick because children have poor resistance. Some parents may ask why their children have a fever at night when their children are normal during the day? What exactly causes this and how can we prevent it? Let’s see what experts suggest.

Question 1: Why does the child appear normal during the day but have a fever at night?

Condition analysis: Hello, if your baby has a fever, it is recommended to take your baby for a routine blood test to see if it is caused by a viral infection or a bacterial infection. It is not enough to use antipyretic drugs alone. It is recommended to use cefuroxime granules and ribavirin for treatment. At the same time, you can use Anruik to reduce fever. Drink more water. It is better to use medical alcohol to physically cool down various parts of the baby's body.

Question 2: The child is normal during the day but has a fever at night. What’s going on?

Condition description: A 3-year-old child is normal during the day, with an occasional cough. After 10 o'clock in the evening, he starts to cough frequently. He coughs twice when he turns over in sleep, and it feels like he has clear phlegm. From the day before yesterday to yesterday, I had a fever for two nights, but I was fine during the day. The fever never exceeded 38.5 degrees. As soon as the temperature rose, the child would start sweating. The fever would go down a little, but then he would have a fever again and sweat again. It was like this. He had a fever maybe twice a night, and then he would be fine during the day. The cough has been much lighter since yesterday. I only heard a few coughs after 10 o'clock and when I was sleeping, but it was obviously lighter. I went to the doctor this morning and had a routine blood test: the red blood cell count was 5.66, which is high, while the normal range is 3.5-5.5; the mean corpuscular volume: 71.8, which is low, while the normal range is 82-95; the mean corpuscular hemoglobin content: 23.1, which is low, while the normal range is 27-31; the mean platelet volume: 6.9, which is low, while the normal range is 7-11. The doctor suspected a viral infection or a mycoplasma infection.

Answer: Commonly used physical cooling methods in the home: 1. Drink more warm water, vegetable juice and fruit juice. Let your baby drink more water and replenish body fluids. This is the most basic method of reducing fever. It is very effective and practical and suitable for all babies with fever. Do not give your baby cold water, because fever is often accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms and cough, and drinking cold water will aggravate these accompanying symptoms. Give your baby warm water. 2. Warm water bath, that is, wipe the whole body with a warm water towel. This is a great way to cool down any baby who has a fever. The water temperature should be between 32 and 34 oC, and each wiping time should be more than 10 minutes. The key areas to wipe are the skin folds, such as the neck, armpits, elbows, groin, etc. 3. Warm water bath: The water temperature should be about 3-4℃ lower than the child's body temperature, and each bath should last for 5-10 minutes. Many parents think that babies should not be bathed when they have a fever. In fact, on the contrary, giving babies a warm bath can help cool them down. A warm bath is suitable for all babies with a fever. 4. Low-temperature chamber method: Place the sick child in an environment with a room temperature of about 24°C to slowly lower the body temperature. In order to allow the skin to come into contact with the outside air and help cool down, people need to wear less clothes. If conditions permit, use air conditioning to lower the room temperature. This method is suitable for babies under 1 month old, especially in summer. Just open the baby's clothes and put him in a cool place, his body temperature will slowly drop. If your baby has chills and shivering when having a fever, you should not use the low-temperature chamber method. 5. Cooling patch: Cooling patch is a new product in recent years and is very popular. In fact, the cooling effect is average and not as exaggerated as advertised. Putting a patch on the baby's forehead will make the baby's head feel more comfortable and the parents will feel more at ease too. It should be beneficial and harmless. 6. Ice compress: There is still a lot of controversy about the pros and cons of this method. I think ice compresses do more harm than good, because they may cause the capillaries in the baby's skin to contract, hindering heat dissipation and causing the body temperature to be higher, especially if accompanied by chills and shivering. Ice compresses should never be used. 7. Alcohol bath: The baby's skin is very thin and alcohol has strong permeability, so it may be absorbed into the blood through the skin. Moreover, alcohol baths can also irritate the skin, causing capillaries to contract, hindering heat dissipation, and causing the body temperature to be higher. This approach has been abandoned. If the baby's temperature is still over 38.5℃ after physical cooling treatment, medication should be used to reduce the fever.

Why does a child have a fever at night when he is normal during the day? There are many reasons why children have a fever. Children have relatively weak resistance, so parents must pay more attention. There are also ways to reduce your child's fever. Try to use physical cooling methods and avoid drug treatment. I hope your baby recovers soon.