Is it useful to soak your child's feet when he has a fever?

As children grow up, they are prone to fever because their body resistance is relatively poor, which is a headache for parents. The most common way to deal with fever is to take antipyretics, but children are young and many parents do not want their children to use medicines too early, fearing that it will have adverse effects on the body. So, is it useful to soak children’s feet when they have a fever? Let’s take a look below.

If your baby has a fever because of cold weather and not keeping warm, and it causes cold and fever, then you can soak his feet appropriately, because soaking your feet can promote blood circulation, enable the body to eliminate toxins, and enable the body to sweat quickly. At this time, it can achieve a certain effect of expelling the cold in the body, which is beneficial for relieving colds. However, severe colds and fevers cannot be treated solely by taking a bath. We need to take some cold medicine once, and then soak our feet, and the cold will get better soon.

In addition, the following should be noted when the baby has a fever:

1. Maintain air circulation in the home: If the home has air conditioning, maintain the room temperature between 25℃-27℃. You can place your baby in an air-conditioned room or use an electric fan to blow around him to slowly lower his body temperature and make him feel more comfortable. But if the limbs are cold and the patient is shivering violently, it means that the patient needs warmth, so he should be covered with a blanket. But parents must remember that they must not let their babies face the air conditioner or electric fan to cool down.

2. Take off too many clothes: If the baby's limbs and hands and feet are warm and the whole body is sweating, it means that the baby needs to dissipate heat, so he can wear fewer clothes.

3. Warm water bath: Undress the baby and rub the whole body with a warm water (37℃) towel. This will dilate the blood vessels in the baby's skin and release body qi. In addition, when water vapor evaporates from the body surface, it will also absorb body heat.

4. Use a cooling patch: It helps dissipate heat, but it is not recommended for younger babies because it is difficult for babies to turn their bodies, and an ice pillow can easily cause local overcooling or hypothermia. You can also use a cooling patch. When the water in the gelatinous substance of the cooling patch evaporates, it can take away the heat and will not cause excessive cooling.

5. Drink more water: Let your baby drink more water to help sweating and prevent dehydration. Water has the function of regulating temperature, which can lower body temperature and replenish water lost in the baby's body.

6. Use antipyretics: When the baby's core temperature (rectal temperature or ear temperature) exceeds 38.5℃, you can use antipyretic solutions or suppositories appropriately.

What to eat when a child has a fever

1. Milk

Milk can provide children with a certain amount of protein, and adding an appropriate amount of rice soup can provide some carbohydrates.

2. Rice Soup

Rice soup can provide children with carbohydrates, and it has sufficient water content, making it easier for sick children to absorb it through their stomachs. Boil the rice until it is soft and remove the residue to get rice soup.

3. Mung Bean Soup

Mung beans are benign and have the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and relieving summer heat.

4. Fresh juice

In summer, you can drink watermelon juice, which has the effects of clearing away heat, quenching thirst, and diuresis. In autumn and winter, you can drink fresh pear juice, which has the effects of moistening the lungs, clearing the heart, relieving cough, and removing phlegm. Fresh orange juice has the effects of removing dampness, resolving phlegm, clearing the lungs, and dredging the meridians.