What to do if your baby has a fever? Physical cooling methods for fever

Fever is a normal physiological phenomenon. Many times, babies are prone to fever because of their poor resistance. How to deal with a baby’s fever? To determine the child's temperature, generally antipyretics can only be used when the child's temperature reaches 39 degrees. If it is below 39 degrees, physical cooling methods can be used.

1: Don't let your child wear too many clothes to help him dissipate heat. When a child has a fever, his whole body is usually very hot. Some people think that they can force the sweat out. In fact, doing so can easily cause convulsions, which is not conducive to the baby's heat dissipation and aggravates the fever.

2: Let your child drink more water, but be sure not to drink beverages, especially sweet things. You can add some salt to the water appropriately. I would also like to remind you not to give your baby cold water. It is best to give your baby warm water to avoid aggravating gastrointestinal symptoms or coughing problems.

3: Apply cold wet compress to the head. Soak a towel in cold water and then dry it. Place it on the baby's forehead and change it every 5 minutes. If you have a head bag, that will also work.

4: Wipe the baby's body with wet water, and use a warm and wet towel to wipe the baby's head, armpits, limbs and other wrinkled areas to promote heat dissipation. If alcohol is available, you can use it.

5: Pay attention to the indoor temperature and try to keep your baby in an environment around 24 degrees.

6: If the baby is still lively and does not want to stay at home, it is a good idea to put a fever-reducing patch on the child.

7: Diet therapy methods: 1. Winter melon and lotus leaf soup: Put winter melon and lotus leaf into water and cook into soup and add some seasoning. 2. Tea drink: Boil fresh lotus leaves into soup, then add honey after it cools down.

After treatment, the baby's fever should go down quickly. If the baby's fever does not go down but becomes more serious, or the child is no longer as lively but wants to sleep, it is best to take the child to the hospital for examination to see if the baby has other problems.