A child's fever can develop in two ways: as "pink" or as "white." And it is the latter that is most dangerous for the child. It is very important to distinguish both variants from each other, but it is quite simple. It is worth paying attention to the fact that the child's temperature is combined with cold hands and legs. With pink fever the baby is hot all over the body, this temperature easily gets stuck. The white variety is characterized by the fact that the baby will have chills and pale skin.
Dangers and features of fever
The essence of the "white" fever is that cold feet at a high temperature in a child will be due to spasmodic vessels. This also explains the pallor of the baby. The matter is that at a high temperature children have an imbalance in heat production and heat transfer, and instead of expanding, giving heat, the vessels on the contrary narrow, keeping a huge amount of heat in the body. Therefore, it turns out that although the child has a high fever, but his hands and feet are cold.
It is important to remember that under such conditions it is strictly counter-indicative to knock down the temperature with quick-acting antipyretic drugs. Not only will this not bring any sense, so even the spasm will intensify, which will only worsen the state of the child.
It is worth noting that "white fever" often causes convulsive syndrome in children. That is why at a high temperature, the cold hands and feet of a child should become the very beacon, urging immediately to call a doctor.