Patient's question:
[Condition Description: My daughter has had a cold for four days. Medication and injections have not been effective, and she keeps having recurrent fever.Previous Treatment and Effect: Treated at a community clinic for a cold, attributed to hot weather. She feverish every time she wakes up.
Help Needed: Please provide suggestions on what to do. Thank you.]
Doctor's answer:
1、When the body temperature is below 38.5°C, physical cooling is the first choice for intervention.Fever is the most common symptom of infectious diseases in children. The treatment of fever can generally be divided into "physical treatment" and "medication treatment." Usually, when a child's body temperature is below 38°C, medication treatment is not necessary, and the correct physical cooling method should be chosen instead. For example, applying fever reduction patches, drinking more water, and taking warm baths can all help lower body temperature.
2、Infants and young children with a body temperature above 38.5°C require medication treatment.
If the child's body temperature exceeds 38.5°C, parents should closely monitor the child's condition to respond promptly. For infants and young children, when their body temperature exceeds 38.5°C, medication treatment is necessary.