Treatment for infants with a body temperature below 36 degrees

Nowadays, infant diseases are rampant and many infants have a body temperature below 36 degrees. This phenomenon concerns all parents. Hypothermia is more serious than fever and more difficult to treat. It tortures the children and many parents. So, is there any good way to treat infants with a body temperature below 36 degrees? Many parents are racking their brains over how to solve the problem of baby's body temperature below 36 degrees and reduce trouble for us parents. Here we will introduce the treatment method for baby's body temperature below 36 degrees.

Treatment:

1. Rewarming

Rewarm gradually; the lower the temperature, the more cautious you should be in rewarming. Rewarming too quickly can cause shock, convulsions, or respiratory arrest. Slow rewarming is suitable for children with mild hypothermia. The child should be placed in a warm room and wrapped in a warm blanket or small quilt. And it is expected to return to normal body temperature within 12 to 24 hours.

For patients with severe hypothermia, slow rewarming is often ineffective. Currently, external heating and active rewarming are advocated to reduce the damage of hypothermia to the body.

(1) Wrap in a warm blanket.

(2) The electric heating blanket is set to servo control or manual control at 38-40℃.

(3) Warm water bath: Soak in 40℃ warm water for 10 to 15 minutes, 1 to 2 times a day.

(4) Incubator or radiant heating.

2. Prevention and control of infection

Infection can be a cause of hypothermia or a complication. Evidence of infection should be actively sought and antibiotics should be given to treat or prevent infection.

3. Feeding and fluid therapy

During the rewarming process, calories should be supplemented, fluid intake should be limited, acidosis and microcirculation disorders should be corrected, and blood sugar should be monitored. Energy should be supplied at the beginning of rewarming, but because of hypothermia and circulatory disorders, the digestion and absorption of food are inhibited, and necrotizing enterocolitis, gastroesophageal reflux, tracheal aspiration and respiratory disorders may occur. When feeding through the gastrointestinal tract is not possible during low temperature, parenteral nutrition can be given as a supplement.

4. Cardiovascular System Support

When the body temperature is low, the newborn's myocardium is damaged, heart function is impaired, and plasma volume increases. During rewarming, limit fluid intake, use diuretics to increase urine output, reduce hypervolemia, and even use positive inotropic drugs.

5. Treatment of pulmonary hemorrhage

If massive pulmonary hemorrhage occurs and drug treatment is ineffective, artificial ventilator treatment can be tried.

6. Treatment of primary disease

If hypothermia is only a manifestation of certain diseases in the newborn, we should actively look for the cause and treat the primary disease under reasonable ambient temperature and adequate insulation conditions.

The above content introduces us to how to treat a baby's body temperature below 36 degrees. When our baby's body temperature is below 36 degrees, we can treat our children faster and better, make the children recover faster, and relieve our parents of unnecessary worries. I hope the above content is helpful to everyone.