How to deal with a child's repeated fever and colds

Patient's question:

4th morning, I went to bed already having a fever. The fever reached 39°C, and I took fever-reducing medicine which brought it down. By 11 a.m., the fever came back, and I took more fever-reducing medicine to lower it. At 3 p.m. that afternoon, the fever returned again, and I took fever-reducing medicine again, but the effect was not as noticeable. Since morning until now, I have taken Xiao'er Ganmao Keli (Children's Cold Relief Granules) and Qingre Qingfei Koufuye (Clearing Heat and Purifying Lung Oral Liquid) twice each. At 3 p.m. that afternoon, I went to the hospital for a thorough check-up. The blood test results showed extremely low white blood cell count, only 1.4. The doctor prescribed Sang Jiang Ganmao Injection for enema. Besides the enema, I was also given one patch of traditional Chinese medicine and Ganmao Chongji (Cold Relief Powder).

Doctor's answer:

According to the situation you described. A five-year-old child with a cold and fever, first monitor the data temperature. If the temperature is below 38.5 degrees, you need to take fever-reducing medicine, use fever-reducing patches for physical cooling, and drink more warm water. If the temperature is below 38.5 degrees, you don't need to take fever-reducing medicine, use fever-reducing patches for physical cooling, and drink more warm water to monitor the data temperature. Fever-reducing medicine is usually taken every six hours. It cannot be taken too frequently. You can also use physical cooling, which is to use warm water towels to wipe all parts of the child's body, forehead, neck, chest, back, groin, armpits, limbs, etc., for more than ten minutes. Monitor the data temperature, and drink more warm water.

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