Causes and treatment measures for sudden fever in children

Babies will have fever more or less from childhood to adulthood. However, some parents will become overly worried. At this time, they will give their children medicine and injections, just hoping that their children's fever will go down quickly. However, as the saying goes, every medicine is poisonous to some extent, and medicine can sometimes be a greater burden for children. Next, I will share with you some causes and treatment measures for sudden fever in children.

When the baby has a fever, the reason why parents go crazy is nothing more than a traditional misconception that a fever will damage the child's brain. There is no need to worry about this. In fact, a fever itself will not make the brain bad or the intelligence worse. In the past, there was such a misunderstanding because medical knowledge was not yet popularized and the reasons behind the high fever were not clearly distinguished.

Fever itself does not harm the body because it is a normal immune response that helps white blood cells fight bacteria. Analyzing the pattern of fever can help diagnose the cause of the disease, while simply reducing fever may lead to misdiagnosis. However, leaving a high fever unchecked is not advisable, because fever will increase metabolism, cause internal consumption, and make the patient suffer from headaches, fatigue, accelerated heartbeat, and very uncomfortable. For infants and young children, it is easy to become dehydrated, creating a vicious cycle. Therefore, it is necessary to heat appropriately and grasp the degree.

Fever-reducing measures:

1. Maintain good air circulation at home. If there is air conditioning at home, keep the room temperature between 25 and 27 degrees Celsius. You can put the child in an air-conditioned room or use a fan to blow around to slowly lower the body temperature. This will make the child feel more comfortable. However, if the limbs are cold and the child is shivering, it means that warmth is needed, so a blanket should be added to cover the child.

2. Take off too many clothes. If the baby's limbs and hands and feet are warm and the whole body is sweating, it means that the baby needs to dissipate heat and can wear less clothes.

3. Warm water bath: Undress the baby and rub the baby's body with a warm water towel (37 degrees Celsius). This will dilate the baby's blood vessels and release body qi. In addition, when water vapor evaporates from the body surface, it will also absorb body heat.

4. Sleeping with an ice pillow can help dissipate heat, but it is not recommended for younger children because it is difficult for them to turn their bodies and an ice pillow can easily cause local overcooling or hypothermia. You can also use a cooling patch. When the water in the gelatinous substance of the cooling patch evaporates, it can take away the heat and will not cause excessive cooling.

5. Drink more water to help sweating and prevent dehydration. Water has the function of regulating temperature, which can lower body temperature and replenish water loss in the baby's body.

6. Use antipyretics; when the infant's core temperature (rectal temperature or ear temperature) exceeds 38.5 degrees Celsius, antipyretic syrup or suppository can be used appropriately.

In short, because children's physical fitness is relatively poor, they will easily catch a cold or fever. At this time, parents do not need to worry too much. Just follow the above suggestions, observe the baby's activity, and replenish water, the baby's fever can most likely be reduced. I hope my sharing will be helpful to you, and I hope every baby is healthy.