What should I do if my child has a persistent fever?

In many cases, children's fever will not go away. This will make parents very anxious, because if the fever does not subside, it will definitely lead to inflammation. It will seriously affect the child's physical health, and in the worst cases it will also affect the child's brain development. Therefore, we need to master the treatment method for children's fever that won't go away. Now let's find out what to do if a child has a fever.

What should I do if my child has a persistent fever?

If your baby has a high body temperature and sweats uncomfortably, keep the indoor air circulating: In summer, when the room temperature is too high, you can use air conditioning or electric fans to circulate the indoor air and maintain the indoor temperature between 25 and 27 degrees Celsius. If your baby has cold limbs and shivering after having a fever, you need to keep him warm.

Wipe the body with warm water: Adjust the water temperature to 27-37 degrees Celsius, and then wipe the baby's whole body with a towel. This can dilate the blood vessels in the baby's skin and dissipate body energy, but do not give the baby a hot bath.

Wipe the body with alcohol: Alcohol can dilate blood vessels and take away a lot of heat when it evaporates. It can help cool down infants and young children when they have a fever. When doing alcohol bath, use a small towel to start wiping the baby's neck, then wipe from top to bottom in a patting manner. The armpits, groin, and areas with large arteries and blood vessels on the surface of the body should be wiped until the skin turns slightly red, which will help reduce the temperature.

Cold compress: If the baby cannot tolerate the high fever, you can use cold compress to reduce the temperature. Mothers can put a cold wet towel on the baby's forehead, wrists, calves, etc., and other parts should be covered with clothes.

Sleeping with an ice pillow: Buy an ice pack in the hospital, then wrap the ice pack in a towel and use it as a pillow for your baby, or buy a fever-reducing patch in the outpatient clinic and stick it on your baby’s forehead.

Drink more water: Water has the function of regulating temperature, so if your baby has a fever, you must give him more water to lower his body temperature and replenish the water lost in his body.

Pay attention to dressing in moderation: Most mothers think that their babies are weak, so they dress their babies in a lot of clothes. In fact, babies only need to wear the right amount of clothes. Take off too many clothes, otherwise the heat in the body cannot be dissipated in time, resulting in the body temperature not being able to lower.

The above content is about some first aid measures for children with persistent fever. If a child has a fever at home and the fever does not subside for a long time, parents can use the above methods to provide emergency assistance to the child. However, if the situation is particularly serious, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time.