If the temperature is between 38 ℃ and 39 ℃, you can take the following physical cooling methods:

1. Drink more water: more water to the child to replenish the body fluids, this is the most basic cooling method, and very effective, suitable for all fever babies. The reason why infusion is considered effective by most parents has a lot to do with intravenous fluid replacement. Some children do not want to drink water when they have a fever for various reasons such as throat discomfort, this time drinking water is the most important thing, you can choose a variety of fruit juice drinks, of course, the best is still plain water.

2. Warm water rubbing: Wiping the whole body with warm water is a good way to cool down, suitable for children of all ages, the temperature of the water 32 ℃ ~ 34 ℃ is more appropriate. Each wipe time more than 10 minutes. The key areas to wipe are in the skin folds, such as the neck, armpits, elbows and groin. For high fever or older children you can use warm baths, the water temperature is slightly lower than the body temperature can be, the temperature is too low children are not easy to accept.

3. Lower the environmental temperature: the child needs and around the heat exchange, the lower the environmental temperature is more conducive to fever, the best environmental temperature is 20 ℃ ~ 24 ℃ (depending on the season), conducive to the slow decline in body temperature. For small babies, especially in summer, as long as the baby's clothes are open and placed in a cool place, his body temperature will slowly drop. If the child's fever is accompanied by chills and chills in the early stages of fever, it means that the child's body temperature is still rising, and this method is not suitable.