What should I do if my baby has cold hands and feet and a fever?

The baby's physical health is what parents care about most. If there is a problem with the baby's body, parents will definitely be worried and don't know how to deal with it. Therefore, we recommend that parents and friends must pay attention to the care of the baby. If the baby has a disease, seek treatment in time. Cold hands and feet and fever are common symptoms for babies. Below we will introduce to you what to do if the baby has cold hands and feet and fever.

1. First of all, we can't wrap the child with thick clothes, we must make sure the clothes are loose. Reduce the amount of clothing on your child. This helps the child dissipate excess body heat.

2. Let your child drink more water, as drinking water helps regulate body temperature. Because the body temperature is too high during a fever, more water evaporates from the body than usual, so drinking more water can help regulate body temperature.

3. If you can use 35-38℃ water to give your child a warm bath at home, this will help dissipate the child's body temperature. Or wipe your child's whole body with warm water.

4. You can use alcohol to wipe the soles of the child's feet and palms (note: do not use alcohol to wipe the child's forehead, because the alcohol will penetrate into the child's brain and cause irreparable damage to the child's brain cells and brain nerves)

5. Use a fever-reducing patch to help your child reduce his or her temperature.

6. If a child's fever is above 38.5℃, we should send him to the hospital for treatment in time. Physical cooling can also be used before or on the way to the hospital.

In the above article, we introduced the most common symptom in babies, that is, cold hands and feet and fever. We know that this symptom can easily cause many kinds of harm to babies, so parents should pay attention to this symptom. The above article gives us a detailed introduction on what to do if the baby has cold hands and feet and fever.