What should I do if my baby has a fever of 39.3 degrees?

A baby's fever is a very troubling thing for parents, because babies have weak constitutions, and if medication is used to reduce the fever it may affect their physical development, so some other measures are needed to reduce the temperature. There is a limit to a baby's fever. If the temperature is below 38 degrees, physical cooling methods should be used. So what should you do if your baby has a fever of 39.3 degrees? Let me introduce it below.

High fever is often related to infection. It is a common clinical manifestation and an important mechanism for the body to resist infection. If the baby trembles occasionally, it is recommended that the mother take the baby to the doctor, assess the infection situation, and give anti-infection drugs in time, such as: Children's Qinqiao Oral Liquid, Pueraria Dimer Anti-inflammatory Oral Liquid or cephalosporin antibiotics, etc., and treat the fever symptomatically, such as oral antipyretics (Tylenol, etc.), which can be combined with physical cooling, such as cooling patches, warm water baths, and drinking plenty of water to help the antipyretics work.

Common physical cooling methods include warm water bath, warm water bath, ice application, etc. Remember to use alcohol bath. The skin of infants and young children is more delicate and absorbent. If you are not careful, it may cause alcohol poisoning.

First, drinking more water and replenishing body fluids is the most basic method of cooling down, and it is very effective and suitable for all babies with fever.

Second, wiping the whole body with warm water is a good way to cool down, which is suitable for children of all ages. The water temperature should be about 32℃~34℃. Each time should be for more than 10 minutes, focusing on wiping skin wrinkles and large blood vessels, such as the neck, armpits, elbows, groin, etc. For children with high fever or older children, a warm water bath can be used, with the water temperature slightly lower than body temperature.

Third, the lower the ambient temperature, the more conducive it is to reducing fever. The most suitable ambient temperature is 20℃~24℃ (depending on the season). For young babies, in summer, if they just open their clothes in a cool place, their body temperature will slowly drop. If a child has chills and shivering in the early stages of a fever, it means that the body temperature is still rising and this cooling method is not suitable.

Fourth, use a cooling patch, which covers a very small area and has limited cooling effect. In addition, there is ice compress. However, since ice compress is too cold, it may cause the capillaries in the skin to contract and hinder heat dissipation. Therefore, this method is not recommended at present. "

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