If your baby has a fever and falls asleep, should you wake him up to take medicine? 9 ways to deal with your baby's fever

When the baby is asleep, the mother finds that the baby has a high fever. Should she wake the baby up to deal with the fever? If the baby has a fever, what are the ways to deal with it? How to prevent the baby from catching a cold and having a fever?

How many degrees Celsius is considered a fever?

"As winter approaches, children's resistance is poor and they are prone to catching colds and fevers." Huang Xiaoling, director of the pediatrics department of Zibo Maternal and Child Health Hospital, said that more than half of children will have a fever after catching a cold. If not treated in time, it can easily cause bronchitis, pneumonia, or even meningitis and other diseases.

Huang Xiaoling said that parents should understand their children's normal body temperature. Generally, children's body temperature is measured in rectal temperature, oral temperature and armpit temperature. A healthy child's rectal temperature is 36.5℃-37.5℃. 37.8℃ or above indicates a fever, and below 38.5℃ requires physical cooling and antipyretic drugs. If it is above 39℃, medical treatment should be sought in time. Armpit temperature is generally 0.5℃ lower than rectal temperature; oral temperature is 0.3℃ lower than rectal temperature. "If the child's oral temperature is 38.2℃ and the armpit temperature is 38℃, the child should take medicine and perform physical cooling."

If the temperature is above 38℃, wake up the child

Huang Xiaoling said that if a child has a fever at night, whether to wake him up depends on the body temperature. If the temperature is above 38℃, the child should be woken up to reduce the fever and take antipyretics. "After waking up the child, you can also check their mental state. If the child cries and makes a fuss, it means that the problem is not serious. If the child is drowsy and does not cry or make a fuss after being woken up, be careful, because this may be a fever caused by other diseases. If the child has any discomfort, he should be sent to the hospital as soon as possible."

If the baby falls asleep with a fever, should he be woken up to take medicine?

Situations that require wake-up

1. For babies under 3 months old, if their temperature exceeds 38 degrees, regardless of whether they sleep well or not, seek medical attention immediately.

2. Babies aged 3-6 months need to see a doctor if their temperature exceeds 38.3 degrees, regardless of whether they sleep well or not.

3. For babies aged 6-12 months, even if they sleep well, if their body temperature exceeds 39.4 degrees or their consciousness is confused, wake them up and give them medicine. If the condition is serious, seek medical attention immediately.

4. Babies over 1 year old, even if they sleep well, if they have a very high fever (over 40 degrees), wake them up and take medicine. If the high fever lasts for more than 24 hours, they also need to see a doctor.

5. Reason: On the one hand, this may be caused by a more serious infection, and on the other hand, it is necessary to let the doctor determine whether there is dehydration. Therefore, in these cases, even if the child is sleeping soundly, it is necessary to wake him up and seek medical attention immediately if the condition is serious.

No need to wake up

If the child is not in the above range, let him continue to sleep when he sleeps well. And I believe we all have experience that if the fever is too high, the child will wake up because of discomfort, so there is no need to worry about whether to wake him up. When the child is sick, he needs to be held and coaxed all night when he wakes up at night. I believe every family has experienced this. If the baby does not sleep well, you can naturally wake him up and give him medicine to cool down and make him more comfortable.

Kind tips

Many times when children are sick, parents suffer more than their children. We worry that our children are uncomfortable, that the fever will become more serious, that they may have a serious illness that we don’t know about, and that our children may not receive timely treatment due to our own negligence. Therefore, although the child is sleeping well or playing normally and in good spirits, if we are scared to death and feel uneasy when we see the temperature, then there is no need to worry about whether to wake them up to take medicine. Generally speaking, waking up our children to take medicine will not cause any harm to them, but it may make them more uncomfortable. Children cannot avoid having a fever as they grow up, and parents often panic when they encounter it. In fact, there is no need to be too nervous. Learn the above knowledge, relax your mind, and face the problems that may arise in your children calmly. Let us become better parents.

There are several ways for parents to deal with their children's fever:

1. For infants under one and a half years old, the anterior fontanelle has not completely closed. Parents can cover the anterior fontanelle of the child with the palm of their hand after the child falls asleep, and keep covering until the child's head sweats slightly. Then the baby's nose is unblocked, breathing is stable, and the temperature has dropped. At this time, parents wake up the baby and feed him more warm water or brown sugar water, and the baby will soon recover. My son had several colds and fevers before he was one year old, and they were all cured with this method. The shortest time only took 15 minutes, and the longest time took an hour and a half. My hands were numb, and then I saw sweat on my son's head. Therefore, when covering the anterior fontanelle of the baby with the palm of your hand, parents must not be anxious. It is best for the child's father to do it. Men have high calories and babies are prone to sweating.

2. Most children still have fever caused by cold. When they have fever, their hands and feet are cold, their tongue is white, their face is pale, and their urine is light in color. Parents can use ginger and brown sugar water to dispel the cold for their children. The effect is good. If 2 to 3 pieces of scallion cut into one-inch long pieces are added to the ginger and brown sugar water, the effect will be better. If the child is afraid of spicy food, you can add two slices of ginger, two pieces of scallion, and a few drops of vinegar to the porridge cooked for the child. After cooking, remove the ginger and scallion and feed it to the child. It can dispel the cold, sweat, and reduce fever. The effect is good, and the child is willing to eat it. Parents can feed the child 2 to 3 times a day. After the child's fever subsides, do not add scallion. When the tongue is no longer white, ginger can also be left out.

3. If the child's hands and feet are not cold when he has a fever, but his face is red, his throat is swollen and sore, his tongue is yellow or red, his urine is yellow and has a strong odor, and his eyes are red, it means that the child has a lot of internal heat in his body, and he should not drink ginger and brown sugar water. Parents should let the child drink a lot of warm water, or add a small amount of salt to the water to make light salt water for the child to drink, which can eliminate internal heat. Only when the child drinks a lot of water and urinates more often, the internal heat of the body can be discharged with urine, and the body temperature will drop, and the symptoms of getting angry will also improve.

4. If the child has a fever during the day and at night, it means that there is internal heat or inflammation in the body. Parents can cut bitter melon into thin slices, take 10 slices, add water and boil for 5 to 10 minutes, and give it to the child to drink, 2 to 3 times a day. When the child does not have a fever during the day, stop drinking it. At the same time, try to let the child drink more water, eat fresh fruits, and eat a relatively light diet. Do not eat fish or shrimp, only other meat and vegetables.

5. If the child's body temperature is normal during the day, but rises in the evening and subsides in the morning, it means that the child's fever is caused by severe cold and deficiency in the body. At this time, you should still give the child ginger, brown sugar and onion water. It is best to soak the feet in mugwort water to dispel the cold. You can also let the child drink broth and light chicken soup. Guyuan paste can be taken twice a day, half a spoonful each time, to supplement the child with nutrition in time. At the same time, let the child drink more water.

6. For children over 2 years old, parents can help them massage. First rub the soles of the child's feet to draw the heat downwards. When the feet are warm, rub the calves, rub up and down. After the calves are warm, rub the child's hands, arms, back and ears, and finally rub the Baihui point in the middle of the child's head.

Parents should not massage their children too hard, but rub gently and slowly, not too fast. They should not be impatient and let their children drink more warm water while rubbing. If the child's fever does not go away, you can use warm water to wipe the child's whole body, use a towel to rub the child's skin red and warm, and let the child's body dissipate heat by itself. If the child's hands and feet are still cold, it means that the cold is more serious. Parents can give the child ginger, brown sugar and scallion water several times in a row. After this treatment, the child's temperature will most likely drop.