What is the reason for a baby to have a fever but cold hands and feet?

Many parents will find a strange phenomenon when taking care of their children, that is, the child has a fever, but his hands and feet are cold. When this problem occurs, parents cannot ignore it, because we all know that children are still young, and any abnormal condition in the body, if not responded to and solved in a timely and effective manner, will cause great harm to them. The following will analyze the reasons why babies have fever and cold hands and feet.

This is a phenomenon of false cold and real heat, which is particularly common in infants and young children under 3 years old. This is mainly because babies (especially infants) have less blood in their limbs than in their internal organs. Due to insufficient blood supply to their limbs, they are more likely to feel cold than adults. In addition, the baby's nervous system is not yet fully developed, and the autonomic nerves responsible for managing vasodilation and contraction are prone to disorder, causing the small blood vessels at the ends of the limbs to be in a spasmodic contraction state and become cold when the high fever first occurs. Many parents do not understand this situation. Once they find their baby's limbs are cold, they mistakenly think that the baby has caught a cold and is afraid of the cold, so they immediately wrap the baby tightly. As a result, the baby's body temperature cannot be dissipated in time and keeps rising, and even high fever and convulsions occur.

If the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees, do not reduce the fever too quickly when the child has a fever. Many parents are eager to reduce their children's fever because they are worried that the fever will damage their children's brains and affect their intelligence. In fact, a simple fever will not affect the intellectual development of children.

If the baby has other discomfort, it is recommended to see a doctor to see if there is any inflammation or something, and it is better to prescribe some medicine for the baby to take.

Every parent should not neglect the health care of their baby, because the baby's immune system is inherently weak. If they do not pay attention to some care and health care, they will be easily affected by some diseases. For example, fever and colds are the most common conditions. Although these are common diseases, if they are not treated in time, the harm caused to them will become greater and greater.