What should I do if my child has a cold and fever repeatedly?

Some children have caught a cold and had a fever. Children's bodies are very fragile, so once a fever occurs, it is necessary to pay attention to timely fever reduction to avoid the fever causing harm to the child's body. Especially if some children have repeated fevers, they need to pay attention to timely medical treatment and take antipyretic drugs under the guidance of a doctor. So what should children do if they catch a cold and have a repeated fever?

When children catch colds or fevers, many parents anxiously ask doctors to prescribe "quick-acting medicine" and ask for fever-reducing injections or intravenous drips as soon as the child's temperature reaches 38°C. In this regard, pediatric experts believe that, first of all, all medicines are toxic to some extent, and antibiotics and intravenous drips should not be used lightly. If the child continues to have a fever or the fever reaches above 39°C, some children's antipyretic drugs are needed. Antibiotics can only be taken if the white blood cell count in the blood test is high. Taking antibiotics for viral colds, allergic coughs, etc. is useless. However, giving an IV drip is like using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken for a child with a cold, as it will weaken the child's resistance.

Winter is the peak season for colds, but if children catch colds repeatedly, experts remind you to be careful and pay attention to the "details" of infection. Director Bao Yixiao said that recurrent respiratory tract infections are very common in children, especially infants and young children. It can manifest as recurring upper respiratory tract infections (recurring colds) alone, or it can manifest as alternating upper and lower respiratory tract infections (such as bronchitis or pneumonia). Repeated upper respiratory tract infections in children should not be taken lightly, because they often indicate that the child has low immunity or may also indicate other diseases.

After excluding other diseases, it is important to pay attention to the "details" of infection. For example, children should not be covered too hot, children with fever should not be dressed too thickly, and the quilt should not be too thick. Infants and young children should not be wrapped too tightly, otherwise it will affect heat dissipation and make it difficult to lower the body temperature. Children with high fever will sweat a lot during the fever-reducing process. At this time, you should use a hot towel to wipe off the sweat on the chest, back, armpits, and face, and change their underwear in time.

When taking your child to see a doctor, you need to make the child wear a mask, and you need to wash your child's hands after the visit to avoid cross infection. Since children like to touch everything with their hands, you must make sure they wash their hands after seeing a doctor in the hospital to avoid reinfection.

If children have the above-mentioned problem of repeated fever, it is important to diagnose and find the cause so that the fever can be effectively reduced and the child's body can be prevented from being in danger due to the fever. In many cases, high fever can cause brain damage in children. Therefore, parents need to pay attention to measuring body temperature when taking care of their children, and reduce the fever in time if it is too high.