Simple Ways to Eliminate Fever
Fever can be a symptom of disease or infection. It can also be a result as the effect of exercise, hot weather or immunization. Normal body temperature is between 36c to 37 C. If your child has a fever with a temperature measured by mouth or ears of 37.8 C, or through the rectum 38C and 37.2 C through the armpit, the chances are your child’s fever. The children usually had a fever higher than in adults.
Convulsions
If the body temperature rises rapidly, usually occurring seizures. During that time, body, hands, legs became stiff, and clenched teeth. The possibility also inverted the eyes and the child stops breathing for a moment, vomiting, urinating or defecating. Seizures can last from one to five minutes. Although it is very terrible, febrile seizures in children aged 6 months to 4 years old are usually not serious. Better to check your child to the doctor immediately.
When to Treat
For a mild fever that causes less comfortable, is not required special handling. Fever itself is a way that the child is fighting an infection. Your doctor may recommend not doing anything for 24 hours. If the fever is high and interfere with drinking, eating, sleeping or activities daily, new should be addressed.
Go to your doctor if:
1. A child under 6 months of fever
2. Fever was accompanied by convulsions, shivering, lethargy, abnormal breathing, stiff neck, very agitated, confusion, hallucinations or cannot be appeased.
3. Fever, if accompanied by ear pain, vomiting and / or diarrhea, pain when urinating or there are patches of skin.
4. Your child’s new surgery or suffering from chronic diseases, such as kidney, cancer, diabetes or have a history of seizures due to fever.
5. There are signs of dehydration (sunken eyes, or soft spots on the skin, constantly thirsty, urinate a little or not at all, the heart beat loud and agitated continuously)
6. Fever with a temperature of 40 C that does not fall down within 4-6 hours during the treatment of disease at home
7. A fever that lasts more than 3 days.
Treatment of disease at home
1. Make sure your child lots to drink and rest.
2. For fever with a temperature of 40C, your child soaks in warm water for 15 minutes. If your child starts to shiver or protest that the water was getting cold, fast lift.
3. Avoid bathing your child if he is stricken with high fever, because it will likely raise his fever.
4. Give your child the proper dose of acetaminophen every 4 hours.
Attention:
1. Do not use alcohol or cold water to lower body temperature
2. Do not give aspirin to your child or other drugs containing salicylates.
