How to deal with the baby's heat

Monitor the infant's temperature

 One of the symptoms of a fever appears on a child with a warm foreh

ead, but the child may have a fever without his forehead being warm, but rather weary and unusual, in addition to some other signs and symptoms such as lack of physical activity, lethargy, lack of sleep or eating, and it can be measured The infant's temperature is to check it and monitor it in several ways; either from the anus, or by ear, under the armpit, or under the tongue, and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends using a digital thermometer to measure the temperature in children, and do not recommend using the mercury scale, because it carries a risk of exposure Mercury and poisoning in the case of K. His secret, and to measure the heat from the anus, you should first make sure that the thermometer is clean and washed with soap and water, or wipe it with alcohol, then put the child lying on his stomach or back, with his legs raised toward his chest, and it is possible to put a few petroleum jelly on the tip of the scale, then insert it gently For a distance of 2.5 cm in the anus, and wait for two minutes for a signal to expire, and the result will appear.

Pharmacological treatments

 A child is considered to have a fever if his temperature exceeds 38 ° C, and the child can be given Paracetamol if the temperature is accompanied by a feeling of tiredness and illness, and the specific dose of the drug should be adhered to, and the medication should not be given for more than two days without consulting the doctor, and it should be noted that children who Over 6 months of age may be given Ibuprofen.

 Home measures

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends controlling the symptoms of the disease and taking measures that make the child feel comfortable, rather than treating the heat itself.

• Wash the child's body with lukewarm water, and make sure to dress him somewhat lightly.
• Watch for signs of a child's activity.
•  Children who are active, happy and relaxed may not necessarily need to be treated.
• Maintaining the child's body moisture, because fever increases the risk of dehydration, so it is advised to breastfeed him if he is of infancy, or to provide water to him if it is older, and sometimes doctors may recommend the provision of Electrolyte drink to prevent dehydration, with the need to monitor the signs of dehydration in The child, such as a decrease in the number of urination times, the appearance of the eyes sunken inward, in addition to dry skin and chapped lips.
•  Avoid waking the child to give him the antipyretic medicine.
• Avoid going to a nursery or children's gathering place, so that the infection does not spread.

 See a doctor

 You should go to the doctor's office or go to the emergency room in the following cases:

•  If the child does not seem to rest or activity when the temperature drops.
• If symptoms of fever return after their demise.
• If the baby's crying without tears.
• If the child does not urinate during the past eight hours.
• If the child is younger than 3 months old, and his rectal temperature is 38 ° C or more. If the child is between 3-12 months old and has a temperature of 39 ° C or more.
• If the child is less than two years old, the fever persists for more than 48 hours.
• If the temperature exceeds 40.5 ° C, unless the fever subsides after treatment, the child feels comfortable.
• If the high temperature is accompanied by other symptoms such as sore throat, ear pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, or coughing.
• If the child has other diseases such as heart problems, sickle cell anemia or diabetes, or cystic fibrosis.
•  If he had been vaccinated shortly before.
• If the child is crying hard and difficult to calm him.
•  If he appears confused and not focused.
• If he cannot walk, or wake up.
•  If his lips, tongue, or nails appear blue.
•  If he cannot move his leg or hand.
• If he has recently had a rash or bruising.
• If he suffers from seizures or cramps.