How does fever attack repeatedly do?

summary

The basal body temperature of normal children ranged from 36.9 ℃ to 37.5 ℃. Generally, when the body temperature exceeds 1 ℃ above the basic body temperature, it can be considered as fever. Among them, low fever means that the body temperature fluctuates around 38 ℃, while high fever means that the body temperature is above 39 ℃. Continuous fever for more than two weeks is called long-term fever. The above basic body temperature refers to the rectal temperature, that is, the oral temperature measured from the anus is generally 0.3 ℃ ~ 0.5 ℃ lower than the oral temperature, and the axillary temperature is also 0.3 ℃ ~ 0.5 ℃ lower than the oral temperature.

How does fever attack repeatedly do?

Dress: you should wear less, but not too little. Some parents are afraid that their children will catch cold or want to make them sweat, so they cover their children with thick clothes or even thick quilts. This practice is not conducive to the heat dissipation of their children's body, but it is easy to make their body temperature rise rapidly and induce febrile convulsions. Therefore, clothing should be increased or decreased according to environmental changes.

Diet: because the fever will make the child lose a lot of water, feel thirsty, so you need to constantly give the child water to supplement the lost water. Can also be prepared for children with more moisture fruits, such as watermelon, very in line with the taste of sick children. In addition, need to supplement nutritious high calorie food, such as: sugar porridge, egg soup, need to eat more meals. Fever children gastrointestinal peristalsis slow, should not eat greasy food.

Physical cooling: you can take a warm bath. For children with high body temperature (above 40 ℃), fever, irritability and convulsions, you can try soaking in warm water. Let the water stay on the child's body, reduce the body temperature by evaporation, but do not use cold water; You can also use 35% alcohol to wipe the neck, groin, armpit and other places for physical cooling.

matters needing attention

If children have a high fever and their body temperature exceeds 38.5 ℃, it is likely to cause brain damage. Heart rate increases when fever occurs. When the heart rate is more than 160 beats / min, heart failure is very easy to occur. High fever when breathing faster, will lead to respiratory failure, too much stimulation and sudden death.