What to do if your five-month-old baby has repeated fevers

Children's fever is indeed a very tricky problem, especially recurring fever. In winter, it is easy to cause colds and fevers, which has become a more common phenomenon. It is a great torture to the child's body to have another fever just after the fever has subsided. Let us understand what to do if a five-month-old baby has recurring fever.

A child's fever is the body's process of producing antibodies and is also one of the symptoms of the disease. More than 90% of fevers are caused by colds. Generally, when the baby is 5-8 months old, the immunity brought from the mother has gradually dissipated, the resistance has decreased, and the baby will have a fever 1 or 2 times. This is normal. From a certain perspective, fever is not a bad thing. Experts believe that fever can enhance immunity. Therefore, parents should not be too anxious when their children have a fever. As long as the child's body temperature is controlled so as not to be too high, there will be no big problem if it causes a high fever convulsion. Physical cooling methods: Apply cold compresses on the child's forehead, both sides of the neck, both sides of the armpits, and both sides of the groin (these parts have the body's large arteries, and cold compresses can effectively cool them down). When it is cold, wipe them with warm water, or take a warm bath, which can reduce the temperature by 0.5° or more, and the child will feel much more comfortable. The interval between the use of medication for fever reduction should be 6-8 hours. If it is less than 6-8 hours and the body temperature rises, physical cooling can be used. Feed your child more boiled water to replenish water and speed up the excretion of toxins through urine. Motrin and Tylenol are better for reducing high fever. If the child's fever is above 38.5 degrees, it is faster to use Motrin to reduce the fever. If it is between 38 and 38.5 degrees, it is better to use Tylenol. If it is a low fever, don't use either of these two medicines, just use general antipyretics. Baby cold medicines such as pheniramine also have antipyretic effects.

When your baby is sick and has a fever, do not give him antipyretics or intravenous drips easily! A good recipe for reducing fever: 3-4 coriander leaves, leaving the stems and roots, 2-3 slices of white radish, 1-2 slices of ginger, add rock sugar and water and boil for 15 minutes. Wait until the temperature reaches a suitable level and give it to your baby. Your baby will sweat and reduce fever after drinking it. You can try it, the effect is very good. Natural food therapy, no side effects.

For five-month-old babies, their bodies are still relatively weak. They have not yet adapted to the external environment, so fever is common. In order to avoid such a situation, you can give your baby more water to improve their own immunity and resist various diseases.