Baby has a fever and farts very smelly

Baby fever is a very common phenomenon for parents, and fever has a particularly great impact on children. When the baby shows symptoms of fever, parents should first take the baby's temperature and observe the baby's symptoms. Then, based on the specific condition, choose physical cooling at home or seek medical treatment. Below, we will introduce in detail how to deal with your baby’s fever.

Because the temperature regulation center in the brain of infants and young children is not yet fully developed and their metabolism is fast, their body temperature will be higher than that of adults. Especially for newborns, whose organ functions are immature and whose ability to control their body temperature is limited, the temperature of the environment or the thickness of the clothes or wrapping will have a certain impact on the baby's body temperature. Therefore, from a medical point of view, it is normal for babies under one year old to have a body temperature not exceeding 37.5°.

Babies under 3 months old need to see a doctor immediately if their temperature exceeds 38°C;

If a baby over 3 months old has a temperature over 40°C and is accompanied by dry mouth, infrequent urination, few or no tears when crying, or persistent diarrhea or vomiting, seek medical attention immediately.

If your body temperature exceeds 38.5°, or if it does not go down after taking antipyretics, or if the fever persists for more than 72 hours, seek medical attention immediately.

Generally speaking, if the baby's body temperature does not exceed 38.5°, physical cooling can be used. For example: apply a warm towel to the body, take a warm bath; reduce the baby's clothing and covering while ensuring the room temperature is appropriate; feed more water, etc. Applying an ice pack only takes away local skin heat and has limited fever-reducing effect. However, it is absolutely not advisable to dress your baby in extra clothes, cover him with a thick blanket, or use alcohol bath after he has a fever!

Usually we say that when the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees, the baby should be given antipyretic drugs. There are two commonly used types - acetaminophen and ibuprofen. In order to reduce the side effects of antipyretic drugs, these two types of antipyretic drugs can be used alternately. Each type of antipyretic drug should not be used more than four times within 24 hours.

The mechanism of action of antipyretics is to lower the set point of the temperature regulation center in our brain, thereby increasing heat dissipation. When heat dissipation is greater than heat production, the body temperature will naturally drop. Heat dissipation requires evaporation of moisture from the skin or through physiological processes such as urination. Therefore, if the baby's body is lacking in water, even if he takes antipyretics, the temperature will drop by a small amount. This is also a point that parents often worry and are anxious about, but do not understand: "Why is the effect of antipyretic drugs so poor and the body temperature still cannot be lowered?"

Therefore, for infants and young children with high fever, in order to increase the effectiveness of antipyretics, it is necessary to increase water intake while taking antipyretics, and encourage the baby to drink more water as much as possible. This can increase skin heat dissipation and increase urination, so as to achieve the effect of controlling body temperature and lowering body temperature.