My child’s health
The stage of childhood is one of the most important stages in which a person goes through his life, as it involves many things, such as highlighting his talents and growing mental and physical abilities, as well as being at this stage vulnerable and susceptible to formation and orientation, especially by the parents. Understanding the requirements of life as well as the refinement of the skills and attention to and evaluate the behavior, and we know that the healthy mind in the body healthy Vigt care of children’s health and prevention of diseases in various ways ranging from healthy food balanced and clean and many more.
The most important health problems affecting children are the high temperature, which is one of the most dangerous symptoms that must be controlled and work to reduce them to the extent required because failure to do so may lead to many problems when the child caused the risk of life What are the symptoms of fever in children? How is the child’s temperature measurement done? What are the remedies?
Symptoms of high fever of children
Symptoms that may appear on your child and indicate a high temperature:
- Redness or swelling of the cheeks.
- Idle.
- Hallucinations and whales.
- The infection is accompanied by severe sweating sometimes and this indicates that there is a fever inside the body.
- If you do not have a previous symptom, you may not detect your child’s fever unless you touch your baby directly for any reason.
Method of measuring temperature
The normal body temperature in children should be 36.4 celsius, knowing that it may vary from one child to another. The temperature can be measured by using a digital thermometer because it is faster and more clear where it is through:
- Stabilize the balance under the child’s armpit and keep it steady in the same place.
- Leave it for 15 seconds or as the information attached with the balance.
- Make sure that the room temperature is moderate and that the child does not wear many clothes or that he does not drink hot milk until you get the reading is correct.
Methods of reducing the temperature of children
- Cold water: Wear a piece of cloth with cold water and then apply it to different places of the child’s body, such as the legs, under the armpits, forehead, behind the neck and so on. Always cut the cloth and repeat the process in cold water. Heat.
- Apple vinegar: Put half a cup of apple cider vinegar in the water of the lukewarm bath and put your child in it for 10 minutes and you will notice that the temperature of the child began to fall less than 20 minutes after the apple vinegar contains minerals enter the body and compensate for the lack of minerals lost due to fever.
- Ginger: Put two tablespoons of ginger in the bathtub and put the baby in it for about 10 minutes, and dry the child using the towel, and into the bed with a well covered to induce it to sweating as this leads to the removal of toxins from the body thereby reducing the temperature and recovery from fever with permission Allah.
- Note: If you use one of the previous methods and you do not notice a drop in temperature, consult your doctor immediately to avoid any problems your child may have.