The Best Child Fever Care

If your child had a fever, there are things that must be considered when caring for their home or her medical care. The following are tips that you can do at Toddler-aged children:

1. At home

There are three goals when you do the treatment at home when your child has a fever, namely reducing the temperature, to avoid dehydration and monitor the serious things that could happen.


The first thing you should do to make your child feel comfortable is to monitor and reduce the heat to below 38.9 degrees Celsius. To still be able to monitor their temperature, always provide thermometer (some form of glass mercury or digital) and hot-lowering drugs. Warm water baths may also help.

Acetaminophen and ibuprofen are contained in a child's febrifuge, can help reduce fever. Follow the dose and frequency of use of existing heat-lowering drugs on the label. Do not forget to continue providing treatment for at least 24 hours or when the heat came back.

Never use drugs for adults in your child, especially those accompanied by chicken pox. It's because linked with Reye syndrome that can be resulted in a failed in the liver.

Do not give your child too much warmer clothes, even when the cold weather. The use of heated clothing too much or too thick can make the body to cool and evaporation. Use commonly used child clothing, and cover his/her body with a blanket.

When going to shower, use warm water and use a sponge or soft towel to wipe their body. Water present in the body will evaporate, so do not cover the child's body with wet towels. Do not mix alcohol or any liquid into the tub to be used to wipe your child's body, because it could be toxic and dangerous.

Give your child a liquid that can restore the body's hydration, such as juice. Do not give too much water, because water does not contain electrolytes and glucose requirements needed by the body. Warm soup can also help restore dehydration when the fever. Do not give tea or drinks that contain caffeine, because it can increase the frequency of urination, so lost a lot of fluids.

2. Medical Treatment

Sometimes doctors tell what the cause of your child's fever, but sometimes not. You have to actively ask

A viral infection of the respiratory tract is a common cause of fever. Antibiotics alone cannot cure or help these infections.

If there are doctors diagnose bacterial infection, your child will begin to be given antibiotics. Bladder infections, strep throat, sinusitis, skin infections, pneumonia may be treated at home with antibiotics.

To restore hydration, fluids can be administered orally or intravenously. If the child vomited, anti-nausea medications can be administered by injection or inserted through the anus.

Consult experienced all the things your child and things that might happen to your doctor, so you can clear the information.


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