What to do if baby has a fever of 38.5

Fever is a very common disease that affects both adults and children. Medically speaking, a child is considered to have a fever if his or her body temperature exceeds 37.5 degrees. When a baby has a fever of 38.5 degrees, parents will be very worried. After all, children's physical constitution is relatively weaker than that of adults, and if the fever cannot be reduced in time, it may cause damage to the brain and other parts of the body. So what should you do when your baby has a fever of 38.5 degrees?

1. Physical cooling: Warm water bath. Dip a towel in warm water (the water temperature should not be too hot to touch) and wipe the neck, armpits, and thighs for 5 to 10 minutes. You can also use a commercially available "cooling patch" (or a household ice pack) on the forehead to help dissipate heat and reduce temperature. Drug-induced fever reduction: When the above measures are not effective, oral antipyretics can be taken.

2. Drink more water and eat liquid food, such as watermelon juice, to ensure that the body has sufficient energy and water.

3. Ventilate more, pay attention to heat dissipation, wear loose clothes, and avoid wrapping yourself with a quilt. You can use air conditioning in the summer and control the room temperature at around 27℃. Remember to open windows regularly to allow air convection in the room.

4. Get more sleep and ensure adequate sleep can help recover from the disease.

5. Infants and young children under 3 months old should be cautious when using drugs to reduce fever, and physical methods should be used to reduce fever. Physical methods should also be used to reduce fever when the drug-reducing effect is not good or the body temperature exceeds 39°C within two hours after the drug-reducing effect. It takes a certain amount of time for drugs to be effective in reducing fever. When the child's temperature suddenly exceeds 40°C, physical methods should be used immediately to reduce fever. Most cases of fever in children are caused by colds, and the cause is mostly viral infection. Chinese medicine treatment has certain advantages. Such as children's cold oral liquid, children's heat-clearing and detoxifying oral liquid, children's throat-clearing granules, antiviral oral liquid, Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, etc.

The above are the methods that can be taken when the baby has a fever of 38.5 degrees. If the baby has a fever of 38.5, but is energetic, just give the baby more boiled water and use physical methods to reduce the fever. If the baby is listless and has poor appetite, the baby should be sent to a regular hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease.