Cold and fever are particularly common illnesses in childhood, sometimes appearing alone or together. For some inexperienced parents, when a child's cold and fever appear together, they will be at a loss. Therefore, some parents want to know how to treat a child's cold and fever?
When a child has a cold and fever, regardless of the temperature, the first thing to do is to take the child to the hospital as soon as possible for a blood test to rule out whether bacteria or viruses have invaded and caused the child's cold and fever. If the diagnosis is confirmed, further examination should be carried out to find out whether it is a bacterial or viral cold, so as to prescribe the right medicine for treatment.
For bacterial colds, antibiotics are mainly used for treatment, while antiviral drugs are used for viral colds. When treating colds, parents should also pay attention to their children's fever. Generally speaking, if a child's fever temperature does not exceed 38.5 degrees Celsius, it is considered low-grade fever. Physical methods can be used to cool down and reduce the fever.
If a child has a fever exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius, not only should medication be used to treat the cold, but doctors also need to perform antipyretic treatment. When the child's body temperature does not decrease or fever symptoms recur after taking antipyretic medication orally, intramuscular or intravenous injection of antipyretic medication can be used to help reduce the fever. Fever can cause a large loss of water in the child's body, so parents should promptly replenish water for the child.
