A child's fever is the most headache inducing thing for adults, and parents wish their baby's fever could hit them. When a baby has a fever, not only does the baby feel uncomfortable, but the parents are also tormented. So what should a child do if they have a fever of 39 degrees in the middle of the night?
1. For infants and young children under one and a half years old whose fontanelle is not fully closed, parents can cover their child's fontanelle with their palm after the child falls asleep, until the child's head is slightly sweaty. At this point, when looking at the baby again, their nose is open, breathing is stable, and the temperature has dropped. At this point, parents should wake up the baby and feed them more warm water or brown sugar water, and the baby will quickly recover as before. My son used this method to cure several colds and fevers before he was one year old. The shortest one only took 15 minutes, and the longest one lasted for an hour and a half. My hands were numb, and I saw my son sweating on his head. So when covering the front fontanelle with the palm of your baby's hand, parents should not be in a hurry. It is best for the child's father to handle it, as men have a lot of calories and babies are prone to sweating.
2. Most children still have a fever caused by catching a cold. When they have a fever, their hands and feet feel cold, their tongue coating turns white, their complexion is pale, and their urine color is light. Parents can use ginger brown sugar water to dispel the cold for their children, and the effect is good. If 2-3 segments of scallion white are added to the ginger brown sugar water and cut into one inch long slices, the effect will be even better. If a child is afraid of spicy food, you can add two slices of ginger, two sections of scallions, and a few drops of vinegar to the porridge cooked for the child. After cooking, remove the ginger and scallions and feed it to the child. It can dispel cold, sweat, and reduce fever, and the child is willing to eat it. Parents can feed their children 2-3 times a day. After the child's fever subsides, do not add scallions. When the tongue coating no longer turns white, ginger can also be left untreated.
3. Mothers should pay more attention to medication for fever in babies with underdeveloped small liver. Firstly, they should choose specialized drugs for children. Secondly, they should be cautious when using Western medicine to avoid excessive damage to the child's liver and kidneys.
4. If a child's hands and feet are not cold when they have a fever, but their complexion is red, their throat is sore and painful, their tongue coating is yellow or red, their urine is yellow in color and has a strong odor, and their eyes are red, it indicates that the child has a heavy internal heat and cannot drink ginger brown sugar water. Parents should let the child drink a large amount of warm water, or add a small amount of salt to the water to make light salt water for the child to drink, which can reduce internal heat. Children only need to drink plenty of water, urinate a few more times, and let the internal heat of the body be excreted with the urine, so that their body temperature will decrease and the symptoms of internal heat will improve.
5. If a child has a fever both day and night, it indicates that there is internal heat or inflammation in the body. Parents can cut bitter gourd into thin slices, take 10 slices, boil them in water for 5-10 minutes, and give them to drink 2-3 times a day. When the child no longer has a fever during the day, do not drink anymore. At the same time, try to give children more water, eat fresh fruits, and have a relatively light diet. They should not eat fish or shrimp, only other meats and vegetables.
6. If a child's body temperature is normal during the day, but rises in the evening and then subsides in the morning, it indicates that the child's fever is caused by severe coldness and deficiency in the body. At this time, it is still necessary to give the child ginger, brown sugar, and scallion water, preferably combined with mugwort water to soak the feet and dispel coldness. In addition, the child can drink meat soup and light chicken soup. Gu Yuan Gao can be taken twice a day, half a spoonful at a time, to supplement the child's nutrition in a timely manner, and to let the child drink more water.
7. For children over 2 years old, parents can help them massage. First, rub the soles of the child's feet and apply heat downwards. Once the feet are warm, rub the calves back and forth. After rubbing the calves, rub the child's hands, arms, back, and ears. Finally, rub the Baihui acupoint in the center of the child's head.
8. Parents should not use too much force when massaging their children. Instead, they should gently rub and not rub too quickly. They should rub slowly, step by step, and not rush. While massaging, they should encourage the child to drink more warm water. If the child's fever persists, warm water can be used to wipe the child's entire body, and a towel can be used to rub the child's skin red or hot, allowing the child's body to dissipate heat on its own.
9. If the child still feels cold in their hands and feet, it indicates that they have suffered from a severe cold. Parents can give the child more ginger, brown sugar, and scallion water several times in a row. After this treatment, the child is likely to cool down.
