Patient's question:
My baby is three days old and has a fever of 39.5 degrees Celsius. I took them to the hospital to get fever-reducing medicine, ibuprofen, to take. It hasn't worked at all! It's been three hours, and the physical cooling methods haven't reduced the fever. At four hours, the physical cooling still isn't working. The child's high fever persists for four hours, and my mother-in-law still refuses to let them take the ibuprofen fever-reducing medicine. She insists on waiting until six hours. The child continues to have a high fever of 39.5 degrees Celsius. What harm could there be from waiting six hours?Doctor's answer:
Continuously allowing the baby to have high fever, especially with younger babies whose thermoregulation center function is not yet fully developed, it is easy to experience dehydration of brain cells again, leading to recurrent high fever seizures. If the fever-reducing medication is ineffective, it is recommended to go to the hospital for follow-up treatment and actively reduce fever with intravenous fluids. The above advice is for the question "How should I treat my baby's fever of 39.5°C on the second day after birth?" I hope it helps you. Wishing you health and happiness every day!