What should the child do if he catches a cold and has a fever?

Different colds have different solutions. The general method is as follows.

Reduce clothes and quilts

Remember not to wear too many clothes and cover your child with a thick quilt when you have a fever. This traditional method of "covering sweat" is not conducive to heat dissipation and fever reduction, but will lead to febrile convulsions due to overheating.

Drink plenty of water

Conducive to sweating and heat dissipation, in addition, water has the function of regulating temperature, which can lower the body temperature and replenish the water lost by the body.

Cold application

This method is simple and easy. Apply a cold towel to your forehead. When the towel gets hot, soak it in cold water and reapply it. For older children, it is best to apply cold water bags or ice bags.

Wipe the whole body or take a bath with warm water.

Untie children's clothes, wipe the whole body with warm water (about 37℃) towel or take a bath, which can expand skin blood vessels and increase heat dissipation; In addition, when water evaporates from the body surface, it also loses some heat.

Low greenhouse method

Put the sick child in an environment with room temperature around 26℃ and let the body temperature drop slowly. In order to keep the skin in contact with the outside air and cool down, it is necessary to wear less clothes. If conditions permit, air conditioning can be used to lower the room temperature. This method is suitable for babies under 1 month, especially in summer. As long as the baby's clothes are open and placed in a cool place, his body temperature will gradually drop. If the baby has a fever accompanied by chills and chills, you can't use the low greenhouse method.