Patient's question:
Eight days ago, it was just a cough, but it was severe enough to prevent me from sleeping well at night. On the second day of the cough, I had a fever of 38 degrees Celsius. I received intravenous drips for eight days.Previous Treatment and Effects:
I received intravenous drips for eight days, but I still had a fever again the next night.
Help Needed:
Could you please explain what might be happening in this situation and what I should do?
Doctor's answer:
Children with fever are often suffering from upper respiratory tract infections, so in addition to symptomatic antipyretic treatment, anti-inflammatory and antiviral therapy is also required. Symptomatic antipyretic treatment includes physical cooling and medication-induced fever reduction. Physical cooling should be attempted first, and products like Bingbing fever-reducing patches can be used to provide some fever-reducing and brain-protecting effects. On the basis of physical cooling, if the body temperature is below 38.5°C, medication-induced fever reduction should be administered according to the proven dosage, such as ibuprofen for children. Parents should pay close attention and carefully observe whether the child also has symptoms such as a runny nose or nasal congestion, or symptoms like sore throat, redness, or nausea and vomiting, and then provide symptomatic anti-inflammatory and antiviral treatment.