Seven-month-old baby has tonsillitis and fever

When a baby is just born, all body functions are not fully developed, so it is easy to be invaded by external pathogens. Tonsillitis is the result of external pathogen infection. The treatment of fever caused by tonsillitis in a seven-month-old baby should be determined based on the body temperature. If the body temperature reaches above 39 degrees, medication must be used immediately to avoid long-term high fever which will increase the burden on the heart and blood vessels. If it is not necessary to take antipyretics, do not take them because the side effects of antipyretics are relatively large.

1. A body temperature of 37.5-38℃ is a low fever, 38-39℃ is a moderate fever, and above 39℃ is a high fever. Low or moderate fever is beneficial to the baby's growth and development. Fever is the body's response to a viral or bacterial invasion. This reaction helps to eliminate invading viruses and bacteria, thus promoting the normal growth and development of the baby.

2. No medicine is needed unless the fever is high. If the body temperature reaches 39 degrees or above, medication must be taken immediately. If high fever persists for too long, many important functions of the body may be disrupted; the burden on the heart and blood vessels may be increased due to the large consumption of oxygen and nutrients; the brain may be overexcited and cause febrile convulsions or over-inhibited and cause drowsiness; digestive dysfunction may occur; resistance may be weakened and pneumonia may occur, etc.

3. Antipyretic drugs have serious side effects and should not be used unless absolutely necessary. Whether it is paracetamol, aspirin polyphenol (APC), or other various antipyretic drugs, they are all synthesized from aspirin, caffeine, and phenacetin. Therefore, antipyretics have significant side effects: irritating the gastric mucosa, destroying appetite, aggravating gastric ulcers or even bleeding, causing long-term small-scale gastrointestinal bleeding and thus leading to iron deficiency anemia; inducing blood diseases; damaging the liver and kidneys; severe allergic reactions manifest as exfoliative dermatitis combined with liver and kidney poisoning and death.

4. Lower the room temperature (in summer), take off excess clothes, and ensure that the baby is in a cool (but not cold) and ventilated environment. In the past, it was advocated to use physical and drug cooling as appropriate, but the traditional cooling method of using cold or warm water or alcohol baths when the fever is high was not advocated. Studies have shown that this method violates the physiological mechanism.

5. If the baby has a high fever, parents do not need to become more and more nervous. Just follow various suggestions, observe the baby's activity, replenish water, and reduce the fever appropriately when necessary. The higher the body temperature, the smaller the dose of antipyretic should be used to avoid excessive and rapid fever reduction causing collapse. Take your baby to the doctor promptly.