What are the physical cooling methods for children with high fever?

Children have limited sleeping ability. If you don't pay attention to taking care of your children, it is easy for them to have a fever due to various factors. Considering that children may suffer from the effects of drugs, many parents hope to cool their children down through physical means. So, what are the physical methods for cooling down children with high fever? Let’s take a closer look at the common physical cooling methods for children.

1. Fever is a common symptom in children.

2. The normal armpit temperature of children is 36-37 degrees.

3. If the temperature is greater than 37.5 degrees, the child is considered to have a fever.

4. If the temperature is greater than 38.5 degrees, consider using Tylenol or Motrin.

5. When you have a high fever, you must undress and wear only one piece of clothing. After the fever subsides, put on normal clothes. Do not wear more clothes, otherwise it is easy to have a high fever convulsion, especially for small babies who may suffer from heat stroke syndrome.

6. Fever itself is a self-protection reaction of the human body. So don't worry too much about the fever problem, just remember to drink plenty of water. If your child has a poor diet, give him or her enough water containing certain minerals.

7. Fever will not cause brain damage. The occurrence of encephalopathy or brain damage is a problem of the infectious disease itself and has nothing to do with the level of fever. Remember that if you get encephalitis, it is not the fever itself that causes encephalitis, but the pathogens that overwhelm the child's immune system, break through the blood-brain defense barrier, and cause encephalitis.

8. If the child has a high fever but is in good spirits, it is not a big deal and can be treated according to the above method. However, if the child has a fever for a long time and the temperature is not very high, it is also a bad sign.

9. After understanding the above situation, parents should pay attention to their children’s mental state and diet when they have a fever.

10. Now more research shows that febrile convulsions are not terrible. Some children later develop epilepsy, which is actually related to the disease and the children's own genes, and not to the body temperature.

11. If a child with fever develops a skin rash, he or she needs to go to the hospital to see a dermatologist and a pediatrician at the same time.

The above are some common physical methods for reducing fever in children. Parents can try them in their daily lives. They are all very effective methods. However, in many cases, if a child's high fever does not subside, the child should be taken to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid serious harm to the child's health due to delay. Parents must pay attention to this.