Child’s health and safety are the biggest concern for both father and mother, and the high temperature of the child is the most concern for parents, especially if accompanied by continuous crying of the child, but not every rise in the temperature of the child is dangerous, but is part of the child’s resistance to infection or disease, Care must be taken for the baby under the sixth month, especially if the temperature is about thirty-nine degrees, this indicates the existence of a problem, and parents should contact the doctor immediately to find out the reasons.
Causes of increased child temperature
Sometimes there may be no obvious reason for the high temperature, the following are some reasons why the child is working on high temperature:
- The emergence of the child’s teeth.
- Inflammation of the baby’s ear.
- Sore throat.
- Colds and bacterial infections.
- flu.
- Inflammation of respiratory tract, bronchitis and lung.
- High temperature after vaccinations and vaccines, and here it is worth to alert the mother of the importance of monitoring the child so as not to get fever.
The mother will know the temperature of the child by placing his hand on his forehead and cheeks, and it can feel the body of the child such as the legs, hands, back and abdomen. If the mother wants to know the temperature of the child accurately using the thermometer, The temperature of the skin of the child is not his body, and the digital scales are considered the best and their prices suitable and easy use of the mother and child, and sound when the completion of the measurement of temperature.
Ways to reduce the temperature of the child quickly
- Unscrew the baby clothes with cotton clothes left on it.
- Put the child in a warm water bath with the mother’s desire to be next to him and not put in a cold bath, because it is a shock to his body, especially with high temperature.
- The mother is keen to increase the fluids for the child, and if the baby was breastfed whether natural or artificial so as not to get dry, because the heat works to increase sweating and thus loss of fluids more.
- Give the child antihypertensive drugs such as paracetamol or ibuprofen, and if the mother is unsure of the appropriate dose, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
- Place water compresses for the baby every now and then.
- The mother can use some natural methods to reduce the temperature, such as the belly of the baby with vinegar or adding vinegar to the water of the mixture, because vinegar reduces the temperature of the body quickly.
- The mother can use medical alcohol to lubricate the child’s body, because the alcohol evaporates very quickly and takes the heat of evaporation from the baby’s body, thereby helping to reduce the temperature.
- The mother can use olive oil to lubricate the body, it helps to reduce the temperature.
- Take care to ventilate the place where the child is located, until the bacteria and the pathogenic bacteria are eliminated.
- Take care to show the child to the doctor if the temperature did not decline and did not respond to all ways to reduce them.