When the crumbs have a high temperature, mom does not find a place for herself and beats all the bells - after all, her child is listless and helpless, and he wants to help him so much. Let's figure out what temperature it is necessary to knock down the child and where it can come from.
Possible causes of fever
A rise in temperature can be caused by the following factors:
- infectious disease in the body;
- teething;
- routine vaccination;
- overheating of the baby (mother dressed too warmly, the heat, a long stay in the hot tub).
Is it necessary to bring down the temperature to the child?
Contrary to popular belief that worry is needed only if the thermometer shows above 38 ° C, moms rush to bring down the temperature to a small child as soon as possible. Doctors insist that in this way the body is fighting infection. But the child may have diseases of the nervous system and high fever can provoke cramps. In one of the books, Dr. Komarovsky specified the cases when the temperature should be brought down as soon as possible:
- intolerance to high temperature;
- diseases of the nervous system;
- the thermometer shows 39 ° C and above.
Many mothers are concerned about how to knock down the temperature after vaccination and whether you should even worry about it. Unfortunately, not every clinic has routine blood and urine tests before routine vaccination, even less often it is said that a few days before the vaccination it is necessary to give the baby a remedy for allergies. Allergic reaction to the vaccine - a frequent phenomenon, it provokes an increase in temperature.
How to bring down the temperature of a baby
The change in body temperature occurs due to two processes: heat transfer and evaporation. This is how you can bring down the temperature of a child using these processes:
- Provide cool air in the room, inhaling it, the baby will lose heat and the temperature will drop a little.
- Prepare plenty of drink for the baby. Drinking should be warm (not hot and not cold). It is best to give decoctions of dried fruits or compotes, but with a "grandmother's raspberry" for good sweating it is better to wait: before you hit the temperature of the child's sweating, first give him a liquid that was, than sweat. It's good to give the baby a drink (especially in the first year of life) with raisin water. But do not give too much fluids at once: this can provoke vomiting.
- Before you knock the child to a high temperature, check to see if there is a crumb of vomiting or diarrhea, then it will be easier to understand in what form to give antipyretic (syrup or candles).
- To bring down the temperature in a child can be vinegar. Dilute water with vinegar 1: 1 and wipe the baby's hands (wrists and elbow joint) and legs (under the knees, ankle).
- In the case when the child should knock down the temperature quickly, no matter how scary it may sound, rub it with vodka (or alcohol, half diluted with water). Few parents decide to knock down the temperature of the child's vodka, but if on the road or on vacation you do not have access to a pharmacy, the method is quite effective. Alcohol evaporates very quickly and thus accelerates the heat transfer, so that it will help to knock off the heat in the child as soon as possible.
If the crumb fully tolerates the elevated temperature and is still quite active, it may all be without complications. So before deciding what to knock off the heat to the child, try to provide the body with the conditions to overcome this problem on its own.