What should I do if my two-year-old child has a fever of 39 degrees?

Fever is the most common and most likely symptom in young children. Young mothers get very worried when they see their babies have a fever and rush to use medicine to reduce the fever. However, the indiscriminate use of medicines will affect the baby's physical development. So what medicine is good for a baby with a fever? What should I pay attention to? Let’s find out with the editor.

What medicine is effective and safe for baby’s fever? There are many reasons for children's fever, which can be roughly divided into the following three categories: 1. External factors: Children's body temperature is affected by the external environment, such as wearing too many clothes in hot weather, drinking too little water, and poor ventilation in the room.

In some cases, a fever is allowed to persist to determine the underlying cause. Therefore, loving parents are reminded not to blindly ask doctors to reduce fever or treat fever symptoms, but to follow the doctor's advice, accurately find out the real cause of the fever and prescribe the right medicine.

Physical cooling below 38.5℃ When reducing fever in children, it is best to choose physical cooling below 38.5℃, such as drinking more water, warm water and alcohol bath, etc.

If antipyretics are absolutely necessary, they should be used under the guidance of a doctor. Commonly used antipyretics for children include ibuprofen, lepiline, pyrafenib, pediatric antipyretic suppositories, etc. You can also choose Chinese medicine such as bupleurum, antelope horn, heat-clearing and detoxifying oral liquid, etc., which are also very effective in reducing fever in children.

In fact, most colds are viral infections, and antibiotics have no effect on viruses. Our principle is to avoid injections if you can take medicine, and avoid intravenous infusions if you can get injections, because intravenous infusions sometimes have side effects.

When antiviral drugs cannot reduce fever, secondary bacterial infection occurs, the white blood cell count in the blood test is significantly increased, and bronchitis or pneumonia occurs, antibiotics may be considered.

But no matter what medicine is used, it is important to be careful not to use too large a dosage and not to take it for too long. During the medication period, children should be given more water to facilitate the absorption and excretion of the medicine and reduce the toxicity of the medicine to the child's body.

The editor reminds mothers that if your child has a fever, don’t rush to reduce the temperature. First of all, don’t rush to reduce the fever, but find out the cause of the child’s fever. Fever is not a disease, it is like an alarm bell for the body, reminding you that something abnormal is happening inside the body. So if the child does not have a high fever, do not rush to reduce the fever immediately, otherwise it will hide the real cause of the disease.