Fever is a common disease of infants and young children, in addition to be treated in the hospital, more careful care or need to his family. But a feverish baby in the family, how should we care?
Fever is a defensive reaction of human disease, but many novice mother is worried about is, why their babies often sick, fever, this normal?
Why is the baby fever
Babies often get sick, fever, this and their immunity about. We know, human of immunity main has two species sources, a is sick Hou, body produced confrontation this species disease original body of special antibody, dang this species disease original body again invasion human Shi, let people from sick; second species sources is is \"passive\" produced of, as was born a months within of newborn accept maternal left of many antibody, to produced immunity; and as injection has a species disease of antibody Hou, on May will on some disease produced inhibition.
However, while the mother to give some of the antibody of newborn, may be exempted from certain diseases, but due to the function of white blood cells, and the \"complement\" (found in serum, to enhance the role of antibodies) content rarely to accomodate antibody works to prevent pathogen intrusion, so resistance is very poor. Once they are pathogen invasion, not only will get sick, and it was very serious.
To the child after 4-6 months old, babies from maternal accept antibody will gradually disappear, he himself began to have the capacity to manufacture antibodies. Babies mature white blood cells in the body is also at this time, however, because live contact surface gradually expanded, more and more chances of infection pathogens, it is often ill.
As children grow older, due to repeated stimulation of the disease, increased antibodies in the body, slowly strengthening body resistance until after 5~6sui, ill will gradually reduce the number of times.
Of course, every baby\'s health and the environment are different, so some people get sick less frequently, and some relatively more.
Aspects of home care
Environment
MOM and dad should guarantee the room clean, quiet, the indoor temperature control in 18~20℃, room ventilation at least once a day (this period can be transferred to other rooms in children with) and minimize the relatives and friends visit to prevent cross-infection.
Observation
Once in every 4 hours to help baby fever measuring body temperature, in children with high temperature (fever above 39 ° c) measured once per 1-2 hours. And to observe the child\'s spirit, State, complexion, respiratory, and other physical conditions, with antipyretic drugs if sweating occurs, pale after collapse phenomena, such as, should be fed sugar water, and contact your doctor.
Diet
Fever baby it is important to drink plenty of water, to complement the body of water consumed by fever, can help the baby fever. Children\'s fever after the General appetite is bad, don\'t force children to eat at this time. Poor appetite, fever high to eat some liquid, fruit juice, soup with milk, eggs, milk, etc; good appetite, when the heat is not high, may have some semi-liquid, such as: Lotus root starch, meat porridge, egg soup and so on.
Clothes
Fever of baby clothes is not easy to have thick, particularly infants not wrapped too tight, otherwise it will affect the heat sink, the temperature drop down. In the case of no gusts hit may be appropriate to also reduce clothing, to help the baby out through the skin of body heat.
Physical cooling
Physical cooling is very safe and effective cooling measures, but generally only for high fever or a history of convulsion babies, mainly in the following ways:
1. cold compress method: cold towels will compress in fever baby\'s head, be towel warmer after replacing; or ice pack placed on the baby\'s forehead, if there is no ice ice packs can be placed in hot water bag or plastic bag in place. Note: to be separated by a towel between the skin and the ice pack.
2. warm water bath: keep at room temperature between 24~26℃, water not to trunk. Baby holding up the shoulder, the body lying in the basin, soak time to 5-10 minutes, temperature in half an hour. Note: water temperature cannot be supercooled or superheated, when you need to add water in the bath should be away from the children Department stirring, cases and spirit, complexion, respiratory exception should stop immediately.
Cool the drug
Follow doctors \' orders on time to the baby antipyretic agents.
TIPS to remind:
Fever baby fever after treatment, without 48 hours is not appropriate to take a bath. Because the fever baby poor resistance, at this time the bath could easily lead to again be affected by the cold and fever.
