Every time in the winter, many babies will suffer from "fever syndrome" and fall into a life crisis because of the ignorance of their parents.
Two days ago, the 5-month-old baby was wrapped in 8 pieces of clothing + 2 layers of quilts by grandparents, and when he was sent to the hospital, his body temperature was super high and he was obviously dehydrated.
Coincidentally, a mother in Nanning felt that the weather was getting colder and was afraid that her 2-month-old baby would get sick, so she covered her baby with a thick quilt. However, the baby accidentally covered the entire head with a quilt when sleeping, resulting in symptoms of fever and lack of oxygen, fortunately, the mother found it early and sent it to the hospital in time for rescue, so that the baby was able to get out of danger.
In fact, there are always many such cases every year, most of which come from the ignorance of the elderly and new mothers about the "fever syndrome", which has caused many tragedies. Most of the reasons for this are because of these two situations.
One is that the weather has become cold, and some mothers think that the child is afraid of the cold, and they wear a lot of clothes for the child at once; the other is that the child has a fever, and the old man will wrap the child tightly, thinking that as long as he sweats.
In fact, these two conditions will not only raise the child's body temperature, but also dehydration; if it is a fever, it will also develop into a high fever convulsions or fever syndrome.
"Fever syndrome" is usually also called "blind hypoxia syndrome" and "stuffy fever syndrome", most of the causes of the disease are due to excessive warmth and lead to fever, sweating, dehydration, hypoxia, coma and other symptoms of the baby.
Most of the incidence of "fever syndrome" occurs in babies before the age of 1, this is because the baby's thermoregulation center is immature, so once the body has fever and sweating, it will lead to disordered circulation in the body, making the baby's oxygen demand increase, and the organ hypoxic ischemic damage caused by lack of oxygen.
This is why "fever syndrome" occurs mostly in newborns and infants.
Generally speaking, winter and spring are the high incidence of "fever syndrome", so parents who are at this age must be vigilant at any time.
How to judge whether it is "fever syndrome"?
If parents find that the baby's body has a fever and sweating, do not panic first, you can observe whether the baby's face is red, and whether the baby has uncomfortable crying.
If the overall mental state is better and more awake, you can first undo the baby's clothes to measure the body temperature to see if it is a fever.
Your baby's normal body temperature is generally between 36-37 °, and more than 37.5 ° may be the baby's body temperature increased due to too much clothing.
At this time, you can first do physical cooling, take off excess, sweaty clothes for the baby, and then add water or breast milk to the baby in time.
If the baby's spirit is sluggish, unresponsive, always screaming and crying, and the body temperature has exceeded 40 °, or the underarm temperature continues at 36 °, the milk is not eaten, the face, lips and nails are also bruised, and even the situation of breathing difficulties, repeated convulsions or coma can be determined.
How to prevent fever?
The key to preventing "heat up syndrome" is not to wear too much for the baby, to provide the baby with the right clothes and maintain the right indoor temperature.
In general, the most suitable indoor temperature for babies is between 20 ° and 26 °. Because the baby's body metabolism is fast and the heat production is high, adults feel that the temperature is just right, and the baby will feel hot. As long as the back of the baby's neck is warm and there is no sweating, it means that the temperature is just right.
Baby's intimate clothing must be mainly pure cotton, cotton sweat absorption, good breathability, and heat dissipation, try not to use down material quilts and clothes, as well as coral fleece blankets. When covering your baby with a quilt, cover it to the armpit area, not over the head, so as not to cover your baby's mouth and nose.
Finally, once the baby is found to be hot, no matter how serious it is, be sure to go to the hospital immediately, do not take chances, and avoid causing death or nerve damage and other sequelae without timely treatment.