As soon as the baby has a fever, parents panic, is this the normal baby for most novice mothers? As a senior nurse in pediatric emergency department, but also a mother, here is to give you a popular science of children's febrile disease family coping strategies:
Baby fever ≠ pediatric "emergency"
As soon as the baby's body temperature is high, the mother runs to the hospital, afraid that the baby will be "burned out of the brain", is this the reason why you take the baby to and from the hospital many times late at night? And afraid of the side effects of fever reducers, more inclined to give the baby to drink hot water, sweat to reduce fever, this is not the most commonly used fever reduction method for novice mothers?
In fact, fever itself is not a disease, but a symptom. The baby's body is invaded by viruses and bacteria, and fever is the body's natural regulatory mechanism in the case of infection. Experienced parents will not judge the priority of the disease according to the temperature of the baby's fever, but look at the baby's mental state: if the baby is mentally weak, drowsy, unwilling to eat, or even fed into the water, it is recommended to take the baby to the doctor immediately. On the contrary, as long as the baby's spirit and eating are OK, it is usually not a serious illness and emergency, and the symptomatic medication can reduce the fever.
Of course, if the baby has a history of febrile seizures, parents should be more careful. It is recommended to take antipyretic drugs immediately in the presence of high fever and to use anticonvulsants under the guidance of a doctor.
What to do with your baby's fever? Teach everyone a few tricks:
Babies have a fever but a better mental state, and are often not an acute illness. It may be a viral cold that requires more home care than taking medicine: proper watering, encouraging eating.
If the baby has a high fever, as long as the spirit is okay, there is no need to worry too much. The baby can be given oral antipyretic drugs for children to reduce fever (such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen), but the baby's mental condition should be closely observed and the hospital should be diagnosed and treated in time according to the situation.
As long as the mental state is good, the general cold and fever body temperature will be repeated for 3 to 5 days before falling to normal, you can also see a doctor, check the blood routine to understand the body's inflammatory status.
If your baby has a high fever, you can physically cool it down with an ice pack on your headrest.
Improper medication hurts the body more than the fever itself, do not give the baby a fever injection and anti-inflammatory injection as soon as the fever is inflamed.
From illness and fever to recovery is also an "upgrade" of the immune system, as long as the conditioning is good, the baby's physique will be enhanced.
Baby fever, drink more hot water has the effect of relieving discomfort and replenishing jin liquid; covering sweat to reduce fever is not suitable in the case of fever.
You can give your baby a reasonable anti-fever medicine, usually 4 hours apart from each dose; fever is not repeated, and there is no need to take anti-fever drugs to consolidate the "curative effect".
Baby sick fever, the most important thing is a light diet, remember not to nourish. 【Popular Science】
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The author of this article is Liu Xiaofang, the nurse in charge of the children's day ward of Weinan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, who has been engaged in pediatric nursing for more than 10 years.
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