Eight-month-old baby has a fever of 38 degrees

When a baby has symptoms of fever, it is necessary to take appropriate treatment according to different conditions. For example, if the baby has a high fever and symptoms such as convulsions and vomiting, he must go to the hospital for treatment in time. However, if the baby simply has a fever and the temperature is not too high, home care can be used to reduce the baby's temperature and relieve the baby's condition. Here are some home care tips for your baby’s fever.

It is recommended to wear less clothes when the room temperature rises. Even in winter, you can turn on the air conditioner, try to raise the room temperature (23-28 degrees), and wear less clothes to help dissipate heat.

2. Warm water bath

That is, use warm water at 32 to 36 degrees Celsius for sponge bathing or soaking. A sponge bath is to scrub or massage the child's entire skin with warm water; when taking a bath, the child's entire body should be immersed in the water. A warm water bath can stimulate children's skin, dilate capillaries, accelerate blood flow, increase heat dissipation, and clean or dilate the openings of sweat glands to facilitate sweating, thereby cooling down quickly and effectively. Each warm water bath should last for 5 to 10 minutes.

Wipe with 25% to 35% alcohol. Parents can dip a handkerchief into the prepared alcohol solution, starting from one side of the child's neck, wiping from top to bottom along the outside of the arm to the arm, and then wiping from the armpit to the palm. The treatment method for the other side is the same. For the lower limbs, you can rub from the outside of the child's thigh to the instep, and then from the groin to the sole of the foot. Rub your armpits, groin, soles of feet, and palms with force, repeating back and forth several times. Alcohol can dilate the capillaries on the skin surface, increase heat dissipation, and reduce body temperature rapidly. However, be gentle when operating on babies to avoid skin damage.

If parents cannot control the alcohol concentration well, it is not recommended to use it.

4. Ice pack cooling method

Parents can use a household refrigerator to make ice cubes, remove the edges and corners, put them in a plastic bag, add an appropriate amount of water, wrap them in a towel, and place them on the child's forehead, sides of the neck, armpits, groin, etc. This method is effective in cooling down the body because these areas have large blood vessels and can achieve the cooling effect more quickly. However, it should be noted that if the skin where the ice cubes are placed becomes visibly red, you should stop using it and place the ice cubes in another area.

This method is simple and cools down quickly. It should be emphasized that the above measures are generally only adopted when the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees Celsius, and at least when it reaches 38 degrees Celsius, otherwise it will be harmful to the child.

When taking the above cooling measures, keep the indoor ventilation and air fresh. Don't cover children with too thick quilts. In addition, methods 1 to 3 above are generally only symptomatic treatments and not a cure for the disease. Parents should go to the hospital to find out the real cause of their child's fever during or after the treatment process.