What to do if a three-year-old child has a fever of 39 degrees

Babies' insufficient immunity often leads to fever due to decreased resistance. Generally speaking, children with fever will turn pale and may even cause great harm to their bodies. Active treatment is necessary to confirm the diagnosis. So, if a three-year-old child has a fever of 39 degrees, how should we treat him in life and how should we deal with the child's fever?

If a baby has a fever, he or she may have many uncomfortable symptoms, such as: flushing, coughing, general fatigue, soreness, dizziness, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, drowsiness, poor activity, loss of appetite, noisy, restless, crying, etc., which make the mother feel very distressed. However, some babies do not show any abnormal symptoms when they have a fever. Some babies' fever may be mistaken by their elders as teething and thus ignored.

If your baby's temperature is high, it is recommended that mothers make an objective assessment first, such as whether the baby has just finished a hot bath, or the weather is too hot, the baby is wearing too many clothes, the indoor ventilation is poor, the baby has just drunk a hot drink, etc. Wait about half an hour before taking the child's temperature again. There will usually be a difference of 1℃ to 1.5℃. After excluding the above reasons, consider whether you need to go to the hospital.

Generally speaking, if a child's temperature is around 38℃ ~ 38.5℃, and he or she does not feel particularly uncomfortable and is in good spirits, that is, he or she eats, sleeps and plays as usual, there is no need to rush to send the child to a doctor or use antipyretics. However, babies with a history of febrile convulsions (4% of young children) require active treatment.

Most pediatricians believe that when the fever is above 38.5°C to 39°C, antipyretics can be used appropriately to relieve the child's discomfort and the parents' anxiety, and to prevent the child from having heat cramps. But if the temperature is above 40.1℃, emergency treatment is required.

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If you suspect your child has a fever, you should take his or her temperature. In addition, when your baby shows the following conditions, you should also consider whether you should measure your baby's temperature.

*Excessive sweating.

* Hot and dry skin.

*Extreme paleness or unusual flushing of the face.

*Abnormally fast, slow or paused breathing.

In the article, we learned that a three-year-old child had a fever of 39 degrees. In fact, such a high fever of 39 is already very serious and must be treated by timely hospital examination. We also need to pay attention to the baby in life and not wear too little after taking a hot bath. If the child's symptoms are abnormal, he must be examined in the hospital.