What to do if a child has a bacterial fever?

In life, babies have relatively low resistance because their bodies are not yet fully developed. This makes it easy for bacteria and viruses to invade, resulting in infection and illness. In clinical practice, some children develop fever because their bodies are invaded by bacteria and they must receive correct treatment. So, what should we do if children have bacterial fever?

1. When your baby has a fever, you should first pay close attention to changes in the baby's body temperature. Babies are small, and many of them are not willing to cooperate with their mothers in taking their body temperature, so many mothers use ear thermometers. In fact, mercury thermometers are more accurate in measuring body temperature. As a mother, I have compared the ear thermometer and the mercury thermometer and found that the difference can sometimes reach 3 degrees. This is terrible because if the baby's temperature is over 38.5, medication must be used. Therefore, these 3 degrees become crucial. Therefore, it is recommended that mothers use a mercury thermometer.

2. Physical cooling. If the baby's temperature does not exceed 38.5, physical cooling will be enough. We can use warm water to wipe the baby's whole body or bathe it, and put a cool towel on the forehead. Please note that whether you are bathing the baby or applying a compress to the forehead, the water temperature should not exceed 37 degrees. Fever-reducing patches can also be used. However, it is not recommended to use substances containing alcohol to cool down the baby. Since the child is young, anything that may cause allergies should be avoided.

3. Take medicine to reduce fever. If the baby's temperature exceeds 38.5, it is best to use drugs to reduce the temperature. Some mothers advocate holding off, but a friend who is a doctor once said that children are prone to convulsions when they have a fever, and the probability of this is 10 times that of adults. So it is not recommended for mothers to force it. Mom can keep a bottle at home. Here we would like to remind mothers that if the antipyretic medicine has been opened, it is recommended to discard it if it exceeds 1 month.

4. Then there are antibiotics. As a mother, I am also reluctant to give my baby antibiotics, but in some cases antibiotics are necessary, such as bacterial infection. Be sure to follow your doctor's orders when taking antibiotics. Don’t think that letting your child eat less is good for him or her; the amount of antibiotics must be sufficient. After that, it is recommended to stop using antibiotics even if the child still has some symptoms. Because the medicine is enough, all that is left is for the body to digest and absorb it.

5. The rest is to let the baby drink more water. In addition to boiled water, you can also give the baby some fruit juice, rice soup, etc. In short, as long as the baby can drink it, try to supplement more water.