When the child has too hot forehead and body - the parents begin to panic. To make the child feel at least a little easier, various antipyretic drugs and methods are used with which you can lower the temperature, right up to calling the ambulance doctors. In order not to get confused in the abundance of funds and drugs, parents should know in advance which of them can be used for young children.
Elevated temperature in an infant is the first sign of various diseases, in the absence of other signs of respiratory and viral infections, it is necessary to exclude damage to internal organs, overheating, heat stroke and so on. What temperature should alert the parents of a small child? Most often, in children under three months of age, thermoregulation is not properly developed, as, for example, in adults. As soon as the temperature in the environment changes, the child's body reacts accordingly. It is for this reason that young children overheat and super cool very quickly. If overheating occurs very quickly, then the baby's parents will be able to prevent hypothermia immediately, because when the child is cold, he begins to cry, trying to warm himself. The increased temperature in the infant does not always indicate the presence of the disease, most often the temperature rises with prolonged crying or when mom or dad too wrapped up their child.
The normal temperature in an infant varies from 36.4 to 37.3 degrees in the armpit. You cannot measure temperature or trust measurements at the following points:
- during bowel movements;
- during active games;
- when the baby is breastfeeding;
- immediately after feeding or during it;
- after a walk;
- after swimming;
- if the baby cries a lot and is warmly dressed.
The temperature in the infant should be measured at rest, best of all - during sleep. This result will be the most informative. What should be done if the temperature in the infant is 38 degrees? First you need to determine the cause of the temperature rise. There may be several, for example:
- The child cries for a long time or is overexcited.
- At the age of one month, intestinal colic can become a cause of fever .
- Overheating of the body.
- Teething or reaction to vaccination.
- Allergic reaction.
Usually, if all of the above symptoms are not observed, then we can assume that the fever in the infant is a fever, that is, a protective reaction of the body to any disease or damage. Such a fever, as a rule, is of two types, namely:
- “White” fever - the baby is lethargic, the skin is pale, the child is naughty, the hands and feet are cold. This temperature must be brought down immediately;
- “Pink” is when the baby is quite cheerful and cheerful, the skin is pink. This temperature does not require an emergency reduction, as it is necessary for the body in order to activate the body's defenses.
In addition, parents must remember that the temperature should always stray in infants younger than three months and when it rises above 38 degrees. And also in children prone to seizures or already had a history of them. If the baby is hard to tolerate the temperature, he has severe shortness of breath, there is vomiting or diarrhea, difficulty breathing and the baby drinks little - we knock down the temperature, and we solder the baby off with some water.
The temperature in infants is reduced with the help of antipyretic agents based on paracetamol, ibuprofen and combinations of these drugs. Preparations containing analgin are used only by the ambulance team in the form of an antipyretic injection. Nise and its derivatives, for example, drugs such as Nimegesic and Nimesil, are forbidden to use in children under the age of twelve years, just like aspirin, these drugs can cause liver failure. Wiping with water can not be used for "white fever", and wiping with alcohol and vinegar is generally prohibited in order to avoid intoxication of the body! Keep track of your baby’s temperature and try to observe the temperature in the room where he is, and then you won’t have to wonder why your child has a fever.