Does the child have a cold and fever?

Daughter from the end of August:

Rhinitis-take medicine well-stop taking medicine-relapse of rhinitis-febrile otitis media-take medicine to diminish inflammation-stop taking medicine, and febrile otitis media recurred.

In retrospect, at the beginning of the disease, it was a common cold.

At that time, I felt that according to past experience, I could heal myself by taking some Chinese patent medicine and taking a rest.

Unexpectedly, this little cold gradually escalated into sinusitis, high fever and otitis media.

Seeing Chinese medicine being scolded by Chinese medicine practitioners: it is very incorrect to ignore colds and let children "tolerate" fever.

So, do you want to "endure" a cold and fever? My personal experience:

First of all, when the baby is 0-3 months old, it is recommended to go to the hospital to prevent high fever.

Personally, I think that this month's babies usually eat breast milk because they brought antibodies from their mothers, and breast milk also contains antibodies. Therefore, proper care should not lead to diseases. My baby is like this. He hasn't been sick for 3 months.

But if you are sick and have a fever, I personally think you should take your baby to see a doctor.

For this month's baby, doctors usually recommend taking antipyretics when the fever is 39.5-40.

Because high fever is actually the baby's autoimmune function. When the body temperature reaches 39, many viruses and bacteria have been destroyed by high temperature, so there is no need to take medicine.

And the general period of fever is 3~5 days. If the child's spirit is still good, his appetite is ok, and his body temperature can be controlled, don't rush to take medicine.

Second, babies under 3 years old should pay special attention to "febrile convulsion".

Symptoms of "febrile convulsion" can still be identified:

Be careful when the child has a high fever of 38 degrees and his hands and feet are still cold.

Because, it shows that the body temperature will continue to rise, and it will rise so fast that the child's nerve center can't be adjusted. If the fever is not reduced in time, convulsions are likely to occur.

Once when my baby was about 2 years old. At that time, it was also based on past experience that children could "cook" to 38.5 degrees before taking antipyretics. However, I didn't notice the child's cold hands and feet. Results Within one hour, the body temperature rose rapidly and convulsions appeared. Went to the hospital at midnight. But fortunately, I paid great attention to it in the future, and the child grew up gradually, which never happened again.

Third, children after the age of 3 should rest more and "tolerate" appropriately.

My personal experience, as well as the doctor's advice, high fever is the normal immune function of children, and there is no need to take medicine to cool down.

Drink warm water after a fever, stay in bed and monitor at any time. Usually, the body temperature will drop automatically after sleep. If you are in good spirits, eat more light rice porridge, egg soup and other nursed back to health, and supplement a lot of vitamin C (drink freshly squeezed orange juice, etc. ), the child can recover by himself in 2-3 days.

But if the fever is 38.5 degrees, antipyretics are usually used. Moreover, if you take antipyretics for 2 days, your high fever is still repeated, or you have other symptoms and are in poor spirits, you still have to go to the hospital to see a doctor. Because parents are not professional doctors after all, it is impossible to judge whether there are other diseases. Moreover, the hospital blood test can confirm whether it is bacterial infection or viral infection, and bacterial infection requires taking antibiotics.

Finally, we should constantly learn and sum up experience, but we should analyze the specific situation and go to the hospital in time if we find any abnormality.

This time, I just believe in experience too much, and I think 10 can "endure" for a while. In fact, because the child has been suffering from sinusitis for some time, it is no longer an ordinary cold, and it has already caused otitis media. Fever is not caused by the common cold, but by otitis media.

Fortunately, after the child complained of earache, he knew in advance the serious consequences of the untimely treatment of otitis media, so he quickly went to the hospital and took effective measures to curb the condition.