1, the body cools down to reduce fever.

When the baby has a fever, his body temperature will rise. Therefore, we can help the baby to reduce fever from the aspect of body heat dissipation. First of all, parents should unbutton their baby's clothes so as not to bore him. Secondly, parents can prepare some warm water for the baby, screw the towel into the water, and wipe and rub the whole body for the baby. This method is conducive to improving the baby's vasodilation, thus playing a role in reducing fever.

2, cold compress heat dissipation

In addition to the method of body heat dissipation, cold compress on the forehead can also help the baby play a role in reducing fever. On the one hand, parents can apply a cold towel to the baby's forehead, so that its heat can be fully absorbed by the towel. In this process, parents should pay attention to changing towels frequently to avoid heat accumulation and forehead can not be absorbed and dissipated. On the other hand, parents can directly wrap the towel with ice cubes to cold compress the baby's forehead. In the meantime, parents should pay attention to avoid ice water wetting their baby's clothes and aggravating the symptoms of fever.

3, add enough water

As the saying goes, "water can cure all diseases." This is especially true for babies with fever. When the baby has a fever, the body's water will be lost, so there will be symptoms of dry throat. At this time, parents should pay attention to replenish water to their babies in time to avoid serious water loss. Parents can also prepare fruit juice or vegetable juice for their children during fever. Such a drink can not only help the baby to have an appetite, but also help to supplement the vitamins and water in the baby.

4, acupoint massage to reduce fever

Acupoint massage is also one of the effective ways to help your baby reduce fever. Parents may wish to try to massage the Sanguan point on the outside of the baby's forearm to make it play a role in dispelling cold and sweating. On the other hand, the Tianhe point is located in the center of the baby's forearm, so parents can massage this point to clear away heat and relieve exterior symptoms and reduce fever. Compared with taking medicine to reduce fever, the side effects of massage will be less, but parents should pay due attention.

Countermeasures for infant fever

Physical cooling

After discovering that the baby has a fever, the first thing for mommy to do is not to take the baby to the hospital, not to give the baby antipyretics immediately, not to let the doctor hang the infusion bag or use antibiotics for the baby, but to help the baby cool down as soon as possible.

1, eat more, urinate more, and wear loose and light clothes for your baby.

Drinking more water and taking more rest after catching a cold is the simplest and most effective countermeasure. Drink plenty of water and urinate more, preferably a small amount of boiled water for many times. If the baby doesn't like drinking boiled water, you can also give the baby juice, soup or even your favorite drink. As long as you can help your baby replenish more fluids and urinate more, it will help cool down and expel toxins from the body.

Some mothers think that the baby's fever is a cold. In order to help the baby sweat, they put layers of small clothes on the baby. The baby's face is red and covered too much, which is not conducive to skin heat dissipation.

If the external environment is already high, it may lead to the baby's persistent high fever and even life-threatening.

2. Cold compress and wet compress the head or use antipyretic patches.

After soaking the towel in cold water, squeeze it slightly without dripping, fold it to the size of the baby's forehead, put it on the forehead, and replace it in about 5 minutes according to the temperature of the towel.

3, head ice pillow or ice pack cold compress

There is an ice pillow or ice bag specially designed for the baby's head, which contains special gel. Put it in the refrigerator before use and keep it at low temperature after taking it out. When used, put it under the baby's head or ice on his forehead, especially suitable for high fever.

It should be noted that it is best not to use ice pillows or ice packs for babies within 6 months to avoid cooling too fast or too low.

4. Warm water bath or warm water bath.

Mommy can wipe the baby's body with a warm wet towel, especially the head, limbs, armpits, groin (thigh root), popliteal fossa and other parts. Promote skin heat dissipation through water evaporation. When the baby has a fever, many mothers and old people will try their best to cover it for fear that the baby will freeze. In fact, if the room temperature is right, giving your baby a warm bath is one of the good choices to help cool down. If the baby has a high fever, you can wipe the limbs and back with alcohol to help the baby cool down as soon as possible, but it is best to be operated by medical staff or under the guidance of a doctor.

Use antipyretics

1. For families with small babies, mothers should often take antipyretics.

Antipyretic drugs should be selected from big brands with small blue hats. If the baby often has a cold and fever, it is recommended to prepare more.

2. Once the baby's temperature exceeds 38.5℃, give the baby antipyretics in time.

Especially for babies with a history of febrile convulsions, it is more necessary to take medicine earlier. Pay attention to take it in strict accordance with the dosage recommended by the drug instructions or doctor's prescriptions.

After taking antipyretics, if the fever does not go down, you should take it for the second time every 4-6 hours.

If the baby continues to have a fever, the two antipyretics mentioned above can be used alternately, so that you don't have to wait for 4-6 hours, and you can also reduce the side effects of the drugs.

3. If the degree of fever is controlled, the drug is effective.

But don't be too hasty. In order to let the baby cool down as soon as possible, increase the dose at will. Some diseases, such as children's acute rash, have the characteristic of reducing fever after 3 days of high fever, so the body temperature should be controlled below 38.5℃ as far as possible during the fever period. If it is a common cold, the symptoms are relieved and the body temperature drops below 38℃, you can stop using antipyretics.

Parents' misunderstanding of baby's fever

Myth 1: The child who feels feverish has a fever.

Fact: Children feel hot for many reasons. Playing hard, crying, just coming out of the warm bed, or being outdoors in hot weather will make your body hot. But in these cases, the child's skin temperature can return to normal within 10-20 minutes. After excluding the above reasons, if the child still feels feverish or uncomfortable, there is an 80% chance that he really has a fever.

Myth 2: Fever is harmful to health.

Fact: Fever can activate the body's immune system, which is one of the body's protective mechanisms. Common fever (37.8-40℃) can help sick children resist internal infection, which is usually beneficial to their health.

Myth 3: A fever will burn the brain (it is dangerous to have a fever over 40℃).

Fact: Fever combined with infection will not cause damage to the brain. When the body temperature is higher than 42℃, fever will do harm to the brain. And only when the body is in extreme environmental temperature will the body temperature be so high.

Myth 4: Children are prone to convulsions due to fever.

Fact: Only 4% of children will have febrile convulsions. Febrile convulsions are often manifested as sudden loss of consciousness, upturned eyes, facial muscle rigidity, convulsions or convulsions. Experts pointed out that even without medication, most children's convulsions may be relieved in a short time, so parents had better not move their children at will and pay attention to keeping their heads on their side to prevent suffocation caused by aspiration.

Myth 5: Febrile convulsion is harmful.

Fact: Although febrile convulsion looks terrible, it usually stops within 5 minutes and will not cause permanent harm to the body. It will not put children at greater risk. But the next time you have a fever, there may be a recurrence trend. If the convulsion lasts more than 5 minutes, you should go to the hospital immediately.

Myth 6: You must take medicine if you have a fever.

Fact: Only when a fever causes discomfort does it need treatment. Experts say that children whose body temperature does not reach 38.5℃ usually do not need treatment, just drink plenty of water. But if the child is mentally ill, crying, pale and pale, he needs treatment.

Myth 7: If the fever is not reduced in time, the body temperature will keep rising.

Fact: This is wrong. There is a thermostat in the brain, so the fever caused by infection often reaches the highest point at 39.5-40℃, and rarely exceeds 40.6-4 1. 1℃. Even the latter, the body will not be damaged.

Myth 8: If the body temperature can't drop, the cause of infection must be very serious.

Fact: fever that does not respond to drugs may be caused by viruses or bacteria, regardless of the severity of the source of infection.

Myth 9: After the body temperature drops, it will not rebound again.

Fact: Most fevers caused by viral infections usually last for 2-3 days. So when the drug gradually weakens, the body temperature will return to the original level and need to be treated again. Only when the virus is completely subdued will the fever disappear.

Myth 10: If you have a high temperature when you have a fever, it means that your condition is very serious.

Fact: The body temperature is high when you have a fever, and the cause may not be serious. But if your child looks very ill. Then the cause may be more serious. Experts say that a few people with severe fever will have no spirit, and their fever symptoms will persist after taking the medicine, and their faces will be gray.

Myth 1 1: Oral temperature is 37. 1-37.8℃ with low fever.

Fact: The temperature in this range is normal. Body temperature varies throughout the day, usually reaching the highest point in the afternoon and evening. The real range of low fever is 37.8-39℃.

Methods to prevent fever

Drink plenty of water, especially water containing minerals. Avoid caffeine and alcohol intake, and regularly ask the doctor about our physical condition and how to improve our resistance to prevent the invasion of epidemics. Avoid trouble in the season when you are prone to fever.

If you have a baby at home, it is understandable that you need cool air in hot summer, but if you have very young children or babies at home, it is recommended not to turn on the air conditioner. Because air conditioning will have a certain impact on children's growth. If you want to achieve a cool effect and are afraid of hurting your baby, try to open all the windows and hang wet towels in the most ventilated windows, which will help your baby avoid dust pollution. Grow up healthily.

Old people and children are the most vulnerable in hot weather. The most important thing in this weather is to prevent the indoor temperature from rising. It's best to leave the blinds open to avoid direct sunlight indoors. This will make the air circulate. At night, when there is no sunshine, open the window to let a lot of cold air into the room and make the air circulate. Only in this way can the elderly or children avoid heatstroke and fever. Many people like to sweat in summer. Drink plenty of water to replenish water and avoid the lack of various trace elements in the body.

The flowing air will indeed improve the body's disease resistance, but some electrical appliances in the home will generate a certain amount of heat, which can be turned off when it is not needed. Also, when buying electrical appliances, try not to buy some cheap ones, because cheap electrical appliances will emit more heat.

Teach you a few simple ways to avoid being troubled by fever and cold in hot season. You can put a few pots of plants at home to increase the humidity of the air. It can also offset the heat generated by household appliances such as microwave ovens, computers and lamps to a certain extent. For the health of ourselves and our families, and for the overall air quality on the earth, we try not to use air conditioners, because when we use air conditioners at home, we give off hot air, which will make the already hot summer even hotter when we go outside.