What to do if your baby has a fever

What should I do if my one-month-old baby has a fever? It is very easy for a baby to have a fever because their organs are not fully developed and their body resistance is relatively low, making them very susceptible to viral infection and causing some diseases. When a baby who has just turned one month old has a fever, you need to pay special attention. Using medication is not a good method and may affect the baby's development. So what should you do if a baby who has just turned one month old has a fever?

If a one-month-old baby has a fever, it may be caused by a cold. At this time, if the fever is not high, it is best not to take medicine. Medicines have certain side effects. The baby is still young, and taking medicine will affect the baby's physical development. You can wipe the forehead with a cold towel, or wipe the whole body, or wipe the whole body with alcohol. This can relieve the symptoms of fever. You can give your baby some warm water and pay attention to his or her feeding habits. Keep your baby warm. Don’t wear too few clothes and cover yourself with a blanket when you sleep at night. The best way to reduce fever physically is to use some physical methods to help children with fever reduce their temperature, in addition to taking medicine to reduce fever. The commonly used physical cooling methods in the home generally include alcohol bath, ice pillow cooling or warm water bath. So, which method is most suitable for the baby?

Alcohol rub bath was a common method used to reduce fever in the past, but it is not recommended to use this method for babies now. Wiping the baby's body with alcohol will cause the child's skin to expand and contract rapidly, which is very irritating to the baby. It may also cause alcohol poisoning in the baby.

Using an ice pillow or ice compress on the forehead to reduce fever is a common method used by many parents. However, this method is not suitable for children under six months old, because young babies are easily affected by external temperature. Using an ice pillow will cause the temperature to drop too quickly, making it difficult for the baby to adapt. In addition, when a baby has a fever, the temperature of the whole body rises. Local ice compresses can only have a local cooling effect. It is better to wipe the baby's whole body with warm water.

Warm water bath means using a warm water towel at about 37°C to wipe the child's limbs, chest and back. Gradually reduce the high temperature of the skin (about 39℃) and make the baby feel more comfortable. At this time, you can also wipe your forehead and face with a slightly cooler towel (about 25°C). It should be noted that when performing these cooling treatments, if the child has so-called cold reactions such as cold hands and feet, trembling all over, purple lips, etc., stop immediately. Why? When pathogens invade the human body, the body temperature will rise to a corresponding temperature, which is the set temperature. Lowering the temperature setting is key to reducing your child's fever. Because if the set temperature does not change, the body will still produce heat to reach the target body temperature while dissipating heat. At this time, giving the child a cold bath in an attempt to reduce the fever by dissipating heat is not only ineffective, but makes the child shiver and chill, which is very painful.

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