What to do if your child has a stomachache and fever

We all know that our baby is the apple of our eyes and the fruit of our love with our husband. We regard our baby as the apple of our eye and take him or her very seriously. It is also what we must do as parents. However, our more important thing is our child’s health. What should we do if our child has stomachache or fever? Let us introduce it to you below!

What to do if your child has a stomachache and fever

The normal armpit temperature of a baby should be between 36℃ and 37℃. It is considered a fever only when it exceeds 37.4℃.

The main causes of fever are: infectious diseases.

Some babies may also have a fever due to overeating, teething, or after vaccination!

Fever emergency treatment:

First, wear less clothes to allow your child to dissipate heat. The traditional idea is that when a child has a fever, he or she should be wrapped tightly with clothes and quilts to "force" the sweat out. In fact, this is wrong. When children have a fever, they will shiver and parents may think that their children have chills, but in fact, this is because their increased body temperature causes convulsions.

Second, help your child cool down physically. There are the following common methods:

1. Cold wet compress on the head: Soak a soft towel in 20℃-30℃ cold water, squeeze it slightly to prevent dripping, fold it and place it on the forehead, change it every 3-5 minutes.

2. Head ice pillow: Fill the ice bag half full with small ice cubes and a small amount of water, expel the air from the bag, press the bag opening tightly, and place it on the pillow after there is no water leakage.

3. Wipe with warm water or take a warm bath: Wipe the child's head, armpits, limbs with a warm, wet towel or take a warm bath, scrub the skin more to promote heat dissipation.

4. Alcohol bath: suitable for cooling down high fever. Prepare 200-300 ml of 20%-35% alcohol and use it to rub the limbs and back.

Third, drink plenty of water and don’t take any medicine casually. When the fever is high, breathing speeds up and sweating causes the body to lose a lot of water, so parents should give their children plenty of water when they have a fever, increase urine volume, and promote the excretion of toxins in the body.

Fourth, prepare some antipyretic patches, antipyretic suppositories, and children’s antipyretic medicines at home. They can all be used to reduce the temperature at home when the condition is not serious! If the temperature exceeds 38 degrees, go to the hospital immediately!

Well, the above is what we as parents should pay attention to when our children have stomachache and fever. We all know that we love our children very much, but if we don’t have some daily knowledge, how can we take good care of them ourselves? So we still need to understand some basic medical knowledge!