Causes of fever in babies

Fever in babies is a very common symptom of the disease. Babies are relatively delicate. If they have a fever, parents will usually be very anxious and sometimes at a loss. However, parents must know what the baby's fever is and what the cause of the fever is so that they can help cool the baby down. Babies are very young and cannot express where they are uncomfortable or what they feel. Some babies will not show it very obviously even if they have a fever. This requires careful observation by parents to discover.

There are many reasons for a baby's fever. If you see that your child is not as lively as usual, or shows abnormal behaviors such as crying and making a fuss, it is best for parents to take the baby's temperature to see if he has a fever. If the symptoms are very obvious, you need to seek medical attention in time. Do not delay the disease and prolong the baby's treatment time.

The normal temperature of the human body is 36.5℃. Children's body temperature is usually slightly higher, but if it exceeds 37.5℃, we can "suspect" that the baby has a fever.

Definition: A body temperature higher than the following temperatures is called a fever.

Rectal temperature: 38 ℃

Oral temperature: 37.8℃ (ear temperature is the same as oral temperature)

Axillary temperature: 37.5℃

Back temperature: 37.5℃

Combined symptoms: In addition to rising body temperature, children with fever may also have

Poor appetite

Lethargy

Crying

Decreased activity

Drowsiness, coma

Cramps, head stiffness

Purple color, difficulty breathing

The correct way to take body temperature: first shake the thermometer to make the mercury drop below 35 degrees. Axillary temperature: Place the thermometer under the armpit, fix the arm and do not let it move freely, and measure for four to five minutes. 

Oral temperature: Children should not use this method to prevent the thermometer from being bitten off.

Rectal temperature: This method is recommended for neonates.

Back temperature: Place the thermometer on your back and lie flat to measure for 4 to 5 minutes.

If the fever is accompanied by the following conditions, seek medical attention immediately.

* Fever over 38.5℃.

* Poor activity

*weak

* Difficulty breathing

* Inability to eat, severe vomiting

* Cramps, head stiffness

*Purple spots appear on the body

*Infants under 2 months old

*Children have serious illnesses

*Continuous fever for more than two days

What causes fever in babies?

There are many causes of fever in children, which can be roughly divided into the following three categories:

1. External factors: Children's body temperature is affected by the external environment, such as wearing too many clothes when it is hot, drinking too little water, and poor ventilation in the room.

2. Internal factors: illness, cold, tracheitis, sore throat or other diseases.

3. Other factors:

Such as preventive injections, including measles, cholera, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and other reactions.

Fever is only one of the symptoms of the disease, not all of them. When it comes to fever, doctors are concerned about the impact and progression of the disease itself, but parents usually only see the appearance of the disease, such as fever, vomiting, and coughing, and become panicked. Little do people know that when doctors treat diseases, the most important thing is to discover the cause of the disease and find a way to completely cure it, rather than simply reducing the fever. So in some cases, the fever symptoms will be allowed to continue to appear in order to find the true underlying cause of the disease. Therefore, he reminded loving parents not to blindly ask doctors to reduce fever or treat fever symptoms, but to follow the doctor's advice, accurately find out the real cause of the fever and prescribe the right medicine.

Everyone has a certain understanding of the reasons why babies have fever. If the baby has a fever or other symptoms, parents should not give the baby medicine casually. They need to follow the doctor's diagnosis and treatment to give the baby the medicine correctly. However, what parents need to do is to physically cool down the baby to make the baby relatively comfortable.