What should I do if my baby always has a fever?

There are many reasons why children have recurrent high fevers. If a child has a high fever, it is very troublesome, but what is the main reason for recurrent high fevers in one-year-old babies? This is also what confuses many parents. I hope that after carefully reading the following content, you will know why your child has recurrent high fevers.

Why do children have repeated fevers?

The nervous system of infants and young children is not yet fully developed, so they are prone to high fever or have their body temperature rise rapidly after taking medicine to reduce the fever. What parents can do is to provide adequate nutrition according to the child's age and physical development, and add complementary foods in a timely, reasonable and balanced manner.

What to do if your child has repeated fever

Here are three approaches to three types of fever:

1. Physical cooling is the first choice for intervention when the body temperature is below 38°C

Fever is the most common symptom of infectious diseases in children. The treatment of fever can be roughly divided into "physical treatment" and "drug treatment". Generally speaking, when a child's body temperature is below 38°C, there is no need to use drug treatment, but choose the correct physical cooling method. For example, applying a fever-reducing patch, drinking plenty of water, and taking a warm bath can all help lower body temperature.

2. Infants and young children with a body temperature above 38.5°C need drug treatment

If you find that your child's body temperature has exceeded 38.5℃, parents should closely observe the child's condition so as to respond in time. For infants and young children, when their body temperature exceeds 38.5℃, they need to be given medication. For Chinese medicine, you can choose Bupleurum or Antelope Horn. For Western medicine, you can choose Painline, Tylenol or Motrin.

3. If the body temperature is above 39°C, medication should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.

When a child's body temperature exceeds 39°C and is considered a high fever, Western medicine treatment is usually chosen. Currently, ibuprofen and paracetamol are commonly used antipyretics in clinical practice. These two types of drugs are relatively safe. But one thing that must be made clear is that parents should use medication under the guidance of a doctor, especially paying attention to the dosage of the medication.

Children's fever often causes headaches for parents, but the child's fever is caused by parents' lack of attention to care in normal times. Therefore, the editor recommends that you must pay more attention to the care of your child in normal times. When a child has a fever, you need to let the child drink more water, and you need to add clothes to the child at this stage.