Can a child take a bath when he has a fever?

Children are weak, and they need to take preventive measures when the flu is prevalent or when the seasons change. They should develop good habits in their daily lives and drink a certain amount of water every day, otherwise they are very likely to catch a cold and have a fever. After a child has a fever, they should be treated early and the temperature should be lowered first, otherwise it will not be good for the child's health. Parents often bathe their children to keep them clean, so can children still bathe when they have a fever?

Children can take a bath when they have a fever, and bathing is helpful in reducing the temperature. The premise is that the bathing time should not be too long and the water temperature should not be too high. It can be between 24 degrees and 36 degrees, which is beneficial for reducing the body's temperature. You can also use other methods to achieve the purpose of cooling down. You can use a mixture of alcohol and water to wipe the running parts of large blood vessels, which can also achieve the purpose of cooling down. If the fever is too high, it is not recommended to take a bath at this time, because it may cause the fever to worsen, which is not good.

The initial symptoms of a child's fever are red face, hot forehead, cold hands and feet, and poor spirits. In addition, there are symptoms of various systems, such as runny nose, sore throat, and cough in respiratory tract infections, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea in gastroenteritis, and frequent urination, painful urination, and low back pain in urinary tract infections. The accompanying symptoms of various systems in infants are atypical, and may only include anorexia, vomiting, and diarrhea.

There are many diseases that cause fever. Parents should pay attention to the pattern of their children's fever and accompanying symptoms, and go to the hospital for examination in time and receive early treatment. The normal body temperature of the human body is 36-37℃, 37-38℃ is a low fever, 38-39℃ is a moderate fever, above 39℃ is a high fever, and above 40℃ is an extremely high fever. Director Li suggested that young mothers should not panic when they find their children have a fever, but can take some emergency measures at home to relieve the symptoms.

Every family should have a thermometer and antipyretics for emergency use. Children with fever should have their temperature measured every 1-2 hours. It is not advisable to use antipyretics when the body temperature of a young child is below 38.5℃; when the body temperature exceeds 38.5℃, physical treatments such as cooling patches or ice compresses can be used to reduce the temperature, or an appropriate amount of pediatric antipyretic tablets can be taken; when the body temperature exceeds 39℃, the child should stay in bed, open the blanket or loosen the clothes to expose the skin, place an ice bag or a cold, wet towel on the head, and go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible.

During a high fever convulsion, the child's eyes will stare or move upwards, he will lose consciousness, will not respond to calls, his lips, face and body will be cyanotic, and his limbs will twitch. Parents should immediately press the child's "Ren Zhong" acupoint (at the midpoint of the nasolabial groove), with strong stimulation continuing for 1-3 minutes until the child cries, and then use the above method to quickly reduce the temperature. At the same time, the child should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment immediately. Babies under six months old generally do not receive antipyretic injections or take antipyretic medicine when they have a high fever. The best way to reduce the temperature is a warm water sponge bath. Regardless of whether the fever subsides after emergency treatment, the child should be taken to the hospital for treatment.