Measures for children with stomachache and fever and post-diagnosis care

Children have weak constitutions, so if they accidentally catch a cold they often have fever symptoms. Many children also have stomach pain and diarrhea after having a fever. Generally, we find that children have a fever at home. At this time, before the doctor arrives, parents must learn some emergency measures to help the child reduce the fever, and they must not neglect to take care of the child after the doctor's diagnosis and treatment.

Every family should have a thermometer and antipyretics for emergency use. Children with fever should have their temperature measured every 1-2 hours. It is not advisable to use antipyretics when the child's temperature is below 38.5℃; when the temperature exceeds 38.5℃, physical therapy such as cooling patches or ice compresses can be used to reduce the temperature, or children's cooling tablets can be taken in appropriate amounts; when the temperature exceeds 39℃, the child should stay in bed, open the quilt or loosen the clothes to expose the skin, place an ice pack or a cold wet towel on the head, and go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible; in the event of high fever convulsions, the child will have staring or upward eyes, loss of consciousness, unresponsiveness to calls, cyanosis of the lips, face and body, and convulsions of the limbs. Parents should immediately press the child's "Ren Zhong" acupoint (at the midpoint of the nasolabial groove), with strong stimulation continuing for 1-3 minutes until the child cries, and then use the above method to quickly reduce the temperature, and also go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment immediately. Babies under six months old generally do not receive antipyretic injections or take antipyretic medicine when they have a high fever. The best way to reduce the temperature is a warm water sponge bath. Regardless of whether the fever subsides after emergency treatment, the child should be taken to the hospital for treatment.

Post-diagnosis care

Drink more water. Drinking water helps to sweat and dissipate heat, lower body temperature and replenish the water lost by the child's body. Drinking water is not limited to plain water. You can let your child drink some of his or her favorite fruit juice, beverages, etc. to replenish water and vitamins, or drink more soup. When your child is sick and has no appetite, you can let him/her eat some cake, tofu, etc. Pay attention to keeping warm. Insulation does not mean the warmer the better. When your child has a fever, remember not to let him dress in too many clothes or cover him with too thick a quilt. This traditional method of "covering up sweat" is not conducive to dissipating heat and reducing fever. Just let the child wear one more piece of clothing than the normal adult. For example, when the adult wears short sleeves, the child can wear long sleeves. When the adult wears one long skirt, the child can wear two. Take a warm shower. Some mothers worry that giving their children a bath while they have a fever will aggravate the symptoms. After having a fever, you sweat a lot. If you don’t keep clean, it is easy to cause infection by other bacteria, so taking a shower is necessary, but you must use warm water, and the water temperature is best at 38-39℃. Wiping or bathing your child's entire body with warm water can dilate the blood vessels in his or her skin and increase heat dissipation. After taking a shower, wrap your child in a large towel to prevent him from catching a cold.

We should usually prepare a medicine box at home, especially for families with children. Some cold medicines, thermometers and other things should be prepared in case of emergency. If the child has a fever and stomachache. Parents don’t need to panic. They should reduce their children’s temperature in time and call a doctor in time, but they should not give their children antipyretics casually. I wish all children in the world grow up healthily.