Patient's question:
My child has a fever of 39.5 degrees. After taking Chinese and Western medicine, the fever subsided for a few hours but then returned. Later, the elders said it was due to Sha (a type of skin condition), which couldn't be cured with medicine. So, they used an old method where they scraped the neck and back with a ceramic spoon to remove the Sha. After scraping and revealing some redness, the fever indeed subsided and didn't return. But then someone else said that fever shouldn't be treated with scraping.Doctor's answer:
Children often have fever, and there are many causes, such as upper respiratory tract infections, various acute infectious diseases, etc. Moreover, a baby's body temperature is easily affected by external factors, so parents should not panic when their child has a fever. First, it is important to distinguish whether it is physiological or pathological. For physiological fever, such as when a child is dressed too warmly or after exercise, no treatment is needed. For pathological fever, you can try the following methods to reduce the fever.??1