What should I do if my baby has a continuous fever?

The baby's health concerns the whole family. Babies will have fever during infancy, which is a normal life reaction. Fever can further enhance the baby's resistance. However, if the baby has a continuous fever, you should pay attention to it and carefully observe whether the baby has other abnormal symptoms. If the baby's continuous fever symptoms are not relieved after using certain methods, you must go to a regular hospital for relevant diagnosis and treatment. Do not delay the opportunity. Here are some tips on how to deal with your baby’s fever:

Steps/Methods

Ambient temperature: Try to keep the room cool. It is important to open windows for ventilation. If the weather is hot, you can use air conditioning to cool down.

Dress: You should wear less, but not too little. Some parents are afraid that their children will catch a cold or want them to sweat, so they cover their children with very thick clothes or even thick quilts. This practice is not conducive to the heat dissipation of the child's body. Instead, it can easily cause the body temperature to rise rapidly and induce febrile convulsions. Therefore, add or remove clothes according to changes in environment.

Diet: Fever will cause children to lose a lot of water and feel thirsty, so they need to be given water to replenish the lost water. You can also prepare fruits with high water content, such as watermelon, for your child, which is very suitable for the taste of sick children. In addition, you need to supplement with nutritious high-calorie foods, such as sugar porridge, egg custard, etc., and eat small meals frequently. Children with fever have slow gastrointestinal motility and should not eat greasy food.

Physical cooling: You can take a warm bath. For children whose body temperature is too high (above 40°C), who are feverish and irritable, or who have had convulsions, you can try taking a warm bath. Let the water stay on the child's body to lower the body temperature through evaporation, but do not use cold water; you can also use 35% alcohol to wipe the neck, groin, armpits, etc. for physical cooling.

Antipyretics: Currently commonly used antipyretics are antipyretic and analgesic drugs containing "paracetamol". It is safe and effective, and is available in drops, solutions, and tablets. Parents can choose according to the age of their children. When the child's body temperature reaches 38.5℃ or above, it is necessary to take the medicine correctly according to the doctor's advice or instructions.

Precautions

If a young child continues to have a high fever, with the body temperature exceeding 38.5℃, it is likely to cause brain damage.

The heart rate increases when you have a fever. When the heart rate is ≥160 beats/minute, heart failure is very likely to occur.

When the fever is high, breathing speeds up, which can lead to respiratory failure and sudden death due to excessive stimulation.

If your baby has a continuous fever, you must always pay attention to the baby's mental state. If the child still has a high fever while taking medication, parents should contact the attending physician in time and conduct relevant examinations if necessary. In the early stages of a baby's fever, it is generally recommended to use physical methods to reduce the fever. Parents should pay attention to calming the baby's emotions and bravely overcome the disease with the baby. Avoid spicy and greasy food, try to let your baby rest more and exercise less, so that he can recover health as soon as possible.