Patient's question:
A 4-year-old child has a fever and cough and has received an intravenous drip. They took ibuprofen once, and then at 11 PM at home, they took ibuprofen again. The fever returned after four hours. What can be done? Can they use a fever reducer suppository?Doctor's answer:
According to the situation you described. A four-year-old child has a cold and a fever. The temperature is above 38.5 degrees Celsius, and they need to take fever-reducing medicine, apply fever-reducing patches, use physical cooling methods, and drink more warm water. Below 38.5 degrees Celsius, there is no need to take fever-reducing medicine; instead, use fever-reducing patches, physical cooling methods, and drink more warm water, monitoring the temperature data. Physical cooling involves using a warm towel to wipe all parts of the child's body, including the forehead, chest, neck, back, groin, armpits, and limbs. Each wiping should last more than ten minutes, monitoring the temperature data, and drinking more warm water.