Causes of high temperature
The virus or bacterium, entering the body, begins to penetrate into healthy cells. But on the protection of the body are leukocytes - guards, fighting with uninvited guests, and during the disease their number increases at times. This state of fighting the immune system is accompanied by an increase in body temperature.
Most people believe that if a child has a temperature of 5-6 days, then this is something terrible, and it must be knocked down in all conceivable ways. But, after all, it's not for nothing that doctors recommend reducing only high temperature - when the thermometer's column crosses the border 38.5 ° С. This does not apply to very young children and children with a history of convulsive syndrome.
What if the temperature of the baby lasts a week?
First of all, without examining the pediatrician, do nothing. The doctor can advise you to perform a general blood test to understand the cause of this condition. This is necessary in order not to fight with windmills, but to know the enemy in person. It is not necessary that with such a prolonged rise in temperature, an antibiotic is prescribed, as it is known that it is not used for a viral infection, because with it it is useless only to treat a bacterial invasion.
When the child has a high temperature for a week and it is below the level of 38.5 ° C, then the active steps to be taken -
When the temperature suddenly jumps up and keeps against the background of the treatment being taken, the bacterial infection is most likely added to the viral infection and the treatment regimen needs to be changed.
If the temperature reaches 40 ° C and gets off badly, then most likely, it's not about ARVI, but in the kidneys ( pyelonephritis ) or angina. There will already be another treatment that can not be delayed. But knocking down a low temperature, you can achieve that the immune system will stop fighting and the child will join the lists of often ill children.