What to do if an eight-month-old baby has a fever of 39 degrees

After birth, the baby depends on his parents for daily care, and can only express his physical discomfort by crying. All things require careful observation by parents. For example, if a baby of seven or eight months old has a fever of over 38.5 degrees, he should be sent to the hospital immediately. Do not delay to avoid the occurrence of encephalitis. After treatment, you can also use physical cooling methods to cool the baby down and speed up the temperature drop.

Methods/Steps

Give your child plenty of water

When a child has a fever and his temperature is too high, his body will be extremely dehydrated. Parents should give their children more warm water to let the water regulate body temperature and help them sweat. Drinking water can not only reduce fever but also replenish the water in the child's body and prevent collapse.

Don't let your child sweat

In the past, elders always believed that children with fever were afraid of cold, so they covered the children with very thick quilts, hoping to keep them warm and help them sweat, thus reducing the fever. In fact, this practice is wrong. When a child has a fever, he should wear less clothes and cover himself with a thin blanket. This will help dissipate heat well and achieve the purpose of reducing fever.

Rub your child's hands and feet to warm them up

If a child has a hot head and cold hands and feet when he has a fever, parents should pay attention. This situation indicates that the child's body temperature may continue to rise, so the child needs to be cooled down physically as soon as possible. Parents should constantly rub the palms and soles of their children's feet until their hands and feet are warm.

Wipe your whole body with warm water

If your child's head, hands and feet are hot when he has a fever, it means he needs to dissipate heat. At this time, in addition to letting the child wear less clothes, you also need to wipe the whole body with warm water, focusing on the armpits, neck, groin and other areas with rich blood vessels to help the child's body dissipate heat. Keep wiping until the body temperature drops. (Children's skin is relatively tender, so wipe gently)

Give your child a warm bath

If the child is in a relatively good mental state during the fever, you can give the child a warm bath to help dissipate heat. Note: Do not take too long to bathe your child to prevent him/her from becoming exhausted due to poor health. Dress your child quickly after bathing to prevent him/her from catching a cold.

Cold towel compress head

Using a towel to apply cold compress when the child has a fever is a common method used by parents. Soak the towel in water, wring it out, fold it, and place it on the child's forehead, changing it every five minutes. Note: The towel should not be wrung too dry, as long as it is not dripping; the water temperature should not be too cold, generally 20-30 degrees is appropriate.

Ice pillow under head

If the child has a high fever and his hands and feet are very hot, you can give the child an ice pillow. The specific method is to put a pillowcase on the ice pillow (to prevent the child from being irritated or frostbitten by the cold), and then place it under the child's head. This can lower the body temperature and protect the brain. Note: If your child has cold hands and feet or shivers all over, stop using the product immediately.

Forehead cooling patch

If the child's temperature is not too high, his mental state is good, and he can still move around, parents can use a fever-reducing patch to stick directly on the child's forehead to help cool him down.