Why does a child have a fever and cold hands and feet?

We will encounter many situations when taking care of children. For example, a very simple example is that the child has a fever and cold hands and feet. We all know that children's health is very important. They cannot take care of themselves as well as adults, so we must always pay attention to children's health.

The situation of babies having fever but cold hands and feet is often seen in clinical practice. The child has a high fever but cold hands and feet. After the body temperature gradually drops, the hands and feet slowly become warm again. In fact, this is a phenomenon of false cold and true heat. Although the child's hands and feet are cold, his internal organs are in a hot state. This is especially common in infants under 3 years old.

This phenomenon of false cold and real heat is mainly because babies (especially infants and young children) 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 discomforts, it is recommended to see a doctor to see if there is any inflammation or something, and it would be better to prescribe some medicine for the baby to take.

During treatment, you should drink plenty of water, which can not only replenish the lack of fluid in the body, but also help reduce fever. You can also take a hot bath to help cool down. Pay attention to your diet and don't eat too much meat. You should also rub your child's hands and feet frequently to promote blood circulation.

Therefore, we need to pay attention to children's health from multiple aspects. We cannot just care about their studies. Such an attitude is very inappropriate. If your own children cannot have a good guarantee of physical health, then no matter how great their achievements are, it will be useless. So I hope parents will think about it carefully.