What should I do if my seven-month-old baby has repeated fevers?

Fever is a disease that is relatively harmful to babies. If you do not take it seriously and the baby has a continuous high fever, it will cause symptoms such as convulsions and twitching. In severe cases, it will affect the baby's brain development. You must pay attention to it and go to the hospital for relevant treatment as soon as possible. So what should you do if your seven-month-old baby has repeated fevers? Let’s find out.

Fever is a manifestation of disease, not an independent disease. Therefore, when treating children's fever, we should not simply focus on reducing the fever, but should actively look for the cause of the fever and treat the primary disease.

Children with persistent high fever need appropriate cooling measures to avoid brain cell damage and possible adverse effects due to excessively high body temperature. It is especially necessary to take cooling measures in a timely manner for children with a history of febrile convulsions and children with high fever and extreme irritability. The following situations in children with fever require vigilance or emergency treatment: febrile convulsions; fever in infants under 3 months old; fever lasting more than 5 days; fever > 40°C and cannot be effectively reduced within 2 hours by acetaminophen or ibuprofen; obvious changes in children's behavior: such as not liking to play, loss of appetite, rarely talking, indifference to surrounding things or sudden special behavior that has never appeared before; less urine, indicating dehydration, such as infants wet < 3 diapers a day, or older children have not urinated for 8 to 12 hours.

Physical cooling: warm water bath, ice cubes in a waterproof plastic bag wrapped in a dry towel and apply to the head and neck, and also apply to the armpits and groin. It is not recommended to use cold water or alcohol for bathing.

Don't panic if your baby has a fever. Take the baby's temperature first to see how high the fever is. If it is just a mild fever, you can use physical cooling methods to help the baby cool down, such as wiping the body with a wet towel or wiping the body with alcohol, etc. If it is a high fever, go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.