How to reduce fever quickly when baby has fever

Parents become very anxious when they see their children have a fever. Some rush to the hospital. However, some fevers do not require medication. If the temperature does not exceed 38 degrees, physical cooling methods can be chosen. But what is the fastest way to reduce a child's fever? It depends on the degree of the child's fever. If it is only below 38 degrees, there is no need to take medicine, let alone go to the hospital for injections. Instead, you can use physical cooling methods and use a fever-reducing patch.

1. As soon as the baby has a fever, parents panic and wonder whether to send the baby to the hospital. In fact, mothers should first judge based on the baby's mental state. If the baby just has a fever and has no other symptoms, and sleeps, feeds, and plays at night just a little worse than usual, then the baby does not need to go to the hospital.

2. As long as the baby's fever is below 38.8°, there is no need to go to the hospital. When you go to the hospital, the doctor will also tell you to use physical cooling. You can use ice cubes and wet towels to physically cool your child down. Be careful not to dress your baby too many clothes, as this will prevent the body from dissipating heat well and hinder lowering the baby's body temperature. Let your baby drink more boiled water. If the temperature still does not go down, you can bathe your baby with warm water and take the temperature again after half an hour.

3. If the baby's body temperature is above 38.8°, you may not take him to the hospital yet, but exercise his resistance. To cool down your baby physically, you can use a fever-reducing patch or give him/her antipyretic syrup. Keep the air circulating in the house and don't let the room temperature be too high.

4. When the baby has a fever, his spirit and appetite are poor. Make sure the baby has a light diet and give him more vegetable juice to supplement his vitamins. Give your baby more warm water and don’t give him cold water, as it will aggravate his condition. You can give your baby proper foot soaking to promote blood circulation and help cool down the baby. Put the baby in a room with relatively low temperature, which is good for cooling the baby down, but the baby cannot stay in the room for a long time, as the baby's hands and feet will become cold.

5. Mothers can also lower the baby's body temperature by massaging acupoints, which will make the baby feel much more comfortable and alleviate the condition. Make sure your baby gets enough sleep and has a balanced diet. When your baby's fever gets lower and lower, you can rest assured. If the baby's condition has not changed for several days, the mother should take the baby to the hospital in time.

What are the symptoms of a baby's fever and should be sent to the hospital in time?

1. The baby's high fever persists above 39°C.

2. The baby can no longer drink water or has convulsions.

3. The baby is in poor spirits, sleepy or difficult to wake up.

4. The baby has a wheezing sound in the throat when breathing.

5. The baby's breathing speeds up after a cold (infants under 2 months old breathe ≥60 times per minute, children from 2 months to 1 year old breathe ≥50 times per minute, and children from 1 to 4 years old breathe ≥40 times per minute), which may cause mild pneumonia.

6. The baby's breathing speeds up and upper chest retraction occurs (referring to the depression of the lower chest wall when the child inhales. This is due to the poor elasticity of the lung tissue and the difficulty in inhaling. If only the soft tissue between the ribs or above the clavicle collapses when the child inhales, it is not chest retraction). This feature indicates that the child has obvious breathing difficulties and may have severe pneumonia.