Patient's question:
My baby is 7 and a half months old. The day before yesterday in the afternoon, she had a low fever with a highest temperature of 38.3. Yesterday was normal, but today it's high fever again, between 37.5 and 38.2. What should I do? I plan to take her for a blood test. Is it helpful?Doctor's answer:
A seven-month-old baby has a low fever. The highest temperature reached 38.3 degrees. Today it was between 37.5 and 38.2 degrees. For normal babies, a temperature above 38.5 degrees requires taking fever-reducing medication, such as Tylenol. Use fever patches for physical cooling and drink plenty of warm water. If the temperature is below 38.5 degrees, there is no need to take fever-reducing medication. Use fever patches, physical cooling, and drink plenty of warm water, monitoring the temperature data. Physical cooling involves using a warm towel to wipe all parts of the baby's body, including the forehead, neck, chest, back, groin, armpits, and limbs. Each wipe should last more than ten minutes, monitor the temperature data, and drink plenty of warm water.