Is a child's fever of 38 degrees serious?

Whether adults or children, you should always pay attention to the temperature when you have a fever. If it is too high, you must go to the hospital for treatment. Especially children have poor resistance, and high fever can easily cause brain damage. So is it serious for a child to have a fever of 38 degrees? Strictly speaking, 38 degrees is not a dangerous value, but it is dangerous if it exceeds 38.5 degrees. When the temperature is below 38 degrees, parents can use physical cooling methods or take some Chinese patent medicines to reduce fever.

The body temperature of babies is higher than that of adults, so a temperature below 39 degrees is not considered a fever. Unless the baby suffers from congenital encephalitis or meningitis, a fever will not damage the brain. Therefore, it is normal for babies to have a fever, and a fever is good for the baby's immunity. So what are some tips for babies with a fever?

First, mothers should take off the clothes of their babies who have a fever to dissipate the heat, and then put the baby back in clothes after the baby's body temperature has dissipated a little. They must remember to grasp the time for the baby to dissipate the heat, and the time should not be too long, otherwise the baby's condition will worsen; second, mothers can undress the baby, soak the towel with 37-degree warm water, and then rub the baby's whole body with the towel, so that the heat from the baby's body surface can be dissipated through the evaporation of water vapor, and the body heat can also be absorbed; third, mothers should prepare boiled water for the baby and feed the baby more water. Water has the function of regulating body temperature. It can not only lower the baby's body temperature, but also replenish the baby's missing water. Fourth, you can use a cooling patch. There are many cooling patches for children on the market. Cooling patches use the evaporation of water in the gelatinous substance to dissipate heat.

In addition to the above tips, you can also use diet therapy. The most suitable diet therapy for babies is milk rice soup. When a baby has a fever, not only does he have a poor appetite, but his intestines also have difficulty digesting food. Therefore, milk and rice soup can relieve the baby's symptoms and is easier to digest. The rich carbohydrates in rice soup can not only provide water, but also provide calories. Most importantly, it is easily absorbed and digested by the baby's stomach. The preparation method of milk rice soup is relatively simple. First wash the rice, add clean water and cook it until it is soft. Then filter out the rice residue and add milk and mix well before feeding it to your baby.

The temperature difference is very large now, and the baby's immune system is not yet perfect, with poor resistance and easy to be invaded by external evil, so fever symptoms will often appear. Therefore, mothers need to understand these tips on reducing fever. Physical therapy and diet therapy can be used together to better deal with the baby's sudden fever symptoms.