Treatment of a two-year-old baby with a fever of 38 degrees

As soon as the baby has a fever, the mother will be as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, running around in circles. In fact, if the baby's fever does not exceed 38.5 degrees, the mother can try physical cooling methods at home such as warm water bath, ice compress on the head, and drink more water for the baby. Because when infants and young children under 3 years old have a high fever, physical cooling methods should be used first. Generally, they do not need to take antipyretic injections or antipyretic drugs to avoid collapse and drug toxicity reactions. Let’s look at the treatment of fever in a two-year-old baby.

A physical therapy

1 If your baby's temperature is high, it is recommended that the mother make an objective assessment first, such as whether the baby has just finished a hot bath, or the weather is too hot, the baby is wearing too many clothes, the indoor ventilation is poor, the baby has just drunk a hot drink, etc. Wait about half an hour before taking the child's temperature again. There will usually be a difference of 1 to 1.5°C. After excluding the above reasons, consider whether you need to go to the hospital.

2. Generally speaking, if the child's temperature is around 38-38.5℃, and he is not feeling particularly uncomfortable and in good spirits, that is, he eats, sleeps and plays as usual, there is no need to rush to send the child to the doctor or use antipyretics. However, babies with a history of febrile convulsions (4% of young children) require active treatment.

3. Most pediatricians believe that when the fever is above 38.5-39°C, antipyretics can be used appropriately to relieve the child's discomfort and the parents' anxiety, and to prevent the child from having heat cramps. But if the temperature is above 40.1℃, emergency treatment is required.

Second diet therapy

1. Watermelon water: Remove the seeds of fresh watermelon, take out the pulp, squeeze the juice, and drink it frequently instead of tea. If the fever is not accompanied by other symptoms, you can drink a small amount of cold drinks such as iced watermelon juice to help reduce temperature and promote diuresis.

2. Mung bean porridge: 25 grams of mung beans, 15 grams of rice, and an appropriate amount of white sugar. Cook the mung beans and rice into porridge, then add sugar and eat it.

3. Honeysuckle tea: 10 grams of honeysuckle, decoct in water and add sugar.

4. Raw reed root porridge: 15 grams of fresh reed root and 25 grams of polished rice. Boil reed root in water until it is half cooked, then cook porridge with the juice.

The above introduces the measures of physical treatment for babies with fever. First, explore what disease is causing it and then treat it, rather than immediately reducing the fever to normal body temperature. Although taking antipyretics in moderation can alleviate the discomfort of fever and illness, it cannot shorten the course of the disease. On the contrary, a mild fever can enhance the effectiveness of the immune system. Therefore, fever is not entirely a bad thing! Mothers must learn to do this.