What to do if a child suddenly develops a fever

Children are in a period of rapid growth and development. During this period, the body's immunity is particularly low, and they are always prone to certain diseases. Among them, children's fever is a relatively common disease. However, it always makes parents particularly anxious. They don’t know how to relieve the symptoms of sudden fever. In order to allow children to get better care, let’s learn about what to do if children suddenly have a fever.

What to do if a child suddenly develops a fever

1. If your child has a fever in the middle of the night, don't panic. Think about what might be causing the fever:

Do you have diarrhea? Did you vomit? Or ate something cold? Still cold? Do you have a cough? Think about whether you gave your child some cold food during the day, or did not cover him with a blanket when he slept at night?

2. If the child has a common fever: (the child has caught a cold, eaten cold food, or caught a cold without a blanket)

Whether you are drinking it during the day or at night, get up immediately and make some brown sugar ginger water for your child. For children under 1 year old, put 1 slice of ginger and an appropriate amount of brown sugar, as long as it is not too sweet. For children over 1 year old, put 3-4 slices of ginger, and for children over 2 years old, put more than 5 slices of ginger. If you drink it in the middle of the night, you don’t need to drink too much, just half a bowl will do, to warm up the stomach, and you will be fine when you get up the next morning;

Generally, the child's fever will subside in the morning. If the fever does not recur in the evening of the next day, it proves that the brown sugar ginger water has worked (of course, drink some brown sugar ginger water during the day)

If you start to have a fever again in the evening, it may not be as simple as just catching a cold...

3. If you are not suffering from a cold, then go to a nearby private clinic or pharmacy the next morning to ask a doctor to check if your throat is inflamed. If it is not inflamed, there will be no problem if you follow the above steps.

If your throat is already a little red, don't hesitate, go to a regular hospital immediately. It is strongly recommended that you do not go to private clinics (private clinics like to prescribe Western medicine and give injections as soon as you arrive). General county hospitals and women and children's hospitals will be fine. Such hospitals will not prescribe Western medicine for children who are too young. They are all Chinese patent medicines, and the side effects are relatively small. Of course, if your throat is inflamed, they will prescribe some anti-inflammatory drugs.

Kanggan Granules, Dandelion Granules (Chinese patent medicine, very useful for sore throat), Qingfei Huatan Effervescent Tablets

When the baby is about to get better, give him some rock sugar and snow pear for a few times, which is very useful for reducing phlegm (some parents like to boil loquat leaves to relieve cough, but I haven't tried it)

4. Generally speaking, when a child is sick and has a fever, in addition to being cold and having a sore throat, he or she may also have diarrhea and a fever.

If a child has diarrhea and fever, before going to the hospital (because some parents are at work and it is inconvenient for the elderly who take care of the children to take them to the hospital), giving the child some sugar and salt water to drink is very effective. Moreover, replenishing energy, water, and salt are also anti-inflammatory;

When you go to the hospital, you must check your stool to confirm whether you are infected and prescribe appropriate medicine.

5. After the child has recovered from a cold, give him some food to stimulate his appetite. Hawthorn and Chinese yam are both appetizers.

Hawthorn can be boiled with dried or fresh hawthorn and a little rock sugar. Don’t buy those ready-made hawthorn slices. Children already have a poor appetite, and eating those containing additives and high sugar content will make their appetite worse.

Yam can be used to make soup and pork ribs soup, but remember to remove the fat from the ribs, because children will refuse food that is too greasy if their appetite is poor.

Every parent hopes that their child can grow up healthily. Parents are always particularly worried and afraid when their children have health problems. The above is an introduction to what to do if a child suddenly has a fever. I hope parents can master more of this common sense so that they will not be panicked when encountering such a situation. In addition, if a child has symptoms of fever and the cause cannot be determined, it is necessary to inform a doctor in time.