What should I do if my baby has a fever?

What should I do if my baby has a fever? I believe that many parents will be very worried about the baby's fever. In addition, as a first-time parent, it is really helpless to face the baby's fever. Don't worry, today I'm going to teach you how to deal with your baby's fever. Let's take a look together!

1, Wear less clothes to cool the child. The traditional idea is that when a child has a fever, the child should be wrapped in clothes and quilts to force the child to sweat, but this is not the case. When a child has a fever, there will be symptoms of shaking, and parents will think that the child is cold. In fact, this is because the child's body temperature rises, causing cramps.

2. There are the following common methods to help children physically cool down.

Cold and wet compress on the head: Soak a soft towel with cold water at 20°C-30°C, squeeze a little so that it does not drip, stack it on the forehead, and change it every 3-5 minutes.

Head ice pillow: Fill the ice bag with small ice cubes and a small amount of water until it is half full, discharge the air in the bag, press the bag mouth, and put it on the pillow after no leakage.

Warm water wipe or warm water bath: Wipe the child's head, underarms, limbs or take a warm water bath with a warm damp towel, scrub the skin more, and promote heat dissipation.

Alcohol scrubbing bath: suitable for high fever cooling. Prepare 200-300ml of 20%-35% alcohol to wipe the limbs and back.

3, add enough water, do not take medicine casually. When the fever is high, the breathing is accelerated, and sweating causes a large amount of water loss in the body, so parents should give the child a lot of water when the child has a fever to increase the urine output and promote the discharge of toxins in the body.

Symptoms of fever in babies

What are the symptoms of fever in babies? In fact, body temperature itself is not the most critical way to observe children's diseases. For adults, high or low body temperature usually reflects the severity of the disease. But this is not the case for infants, whose bodies are not yet able to fully control their temperature. Some babies had a fever of 40°C even with a mild infection, but only 38.3°C when they had a more serious illness. When the baby has a fever, parents should observe his expression, demeanor and movement.

1. Crying all the time, no matter who comes to comfort it is useless.

2. It is difficult to wake up.

3. If someone tries to touch or move the child, he will cry.

4. Stiff and immobile neck; uncontrollable twitching and cramping of arms, thighs, or other parts of the body.

5. Confusion and strange movements (seeing or hearing things that are not there, saying very strange things or behaving strangely).

6. There is a murmur in breathing.

7. Inability to swallow any food and uncontrollable drooling.

8. Purple spots appear on the skin.

9. The skin color is gray or dark blue.

10. The pulse is weak but fast and urgent (more than 160 beats per minute for children under 1 year old; more than 120 beats per minute for children over 1 year old).

11. Burning or pain when urinating; blood in stool during diarrhea.

These are some of the symptoms of fever in babies, and there may be other specific symptoms. But it should be reminded that once the baby has the above symptoms, regardless of the temperature, parents should see a doctor for diagnosis.