Fever is one of the most frequent diseases in children's growth. Children's fever temperature is low at 37.5℃-38℃, moderate at 38℃-39℃, high above 39℃, and ultra-high when it exceeds 4 1℃. If the body temperature does not exceed 38℃, generally do not rush to reduce fever, especially before a definite diagnosis is made. If the fever is reduced blindly, it may cover up the condition and interfere with the diagnosis of the condition. When the body temperature reaches above 39℃, the fever should be reduced under the guidance of a doctor.
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Children's cold and fever is a common disease in pediatric internal medicine. Most cold patients do not have high fever and systemic symptoms, but only have low fever, headache and discomfort. Children's cold and fever are both beneficial and harmful to the human body. When they have a fever, the immune function of the human body is obviously enhanced, which is conducive to eliminating pathogens and promoting the recovery of diseases.
The choice of baby antipyretics:
1, acetaminophen is the first choice for baby's fever, which is suitable for children over 3 months. The maximum daily dose of acetaminophen for children is 1 5mg per kilogram of body weight, every 4 hours 1 time, and1day at most 4 times. It should be noted that acetaminophen is safe to use at a reasonable dose, but it will cause liver damage if taken in excess of the maximum dose.
2. Ibuprofen is suitable for children over 6 months. If acetaminophen is ineffective in reducing fever, consider using ibuprofen to reduce fever. The maximum daily dosage of ibuprofen for children is 10 mg per kilogram of body weight, every 6 hours 1 time, 1 day at most 4 times. Ibuprofen has a strong antipyretic effect, which will cause a lot of sweating in the process of reducing fever, so ibuprofen is not suitable for patients with dehydration symptoms. In addition, ibuprofen is excreted through the kidney, and patients with poor renal function should also use it with caution.
3. If the high fever persists, you can consider using acetaminophen and ibuprofen alternately. The minimum time interval of acetaminophen administration is 4 hours. When the fever does not come down two hours after the maximum dose of acetaminophen is used, ibuprofen can be used alternately at this time, because the minimum time interval of alternating use of these two drugs is two hours. When used alternately, the maximum number of times each drug is used per day remains unchanged.
4. It is strictly forbidden to break the adult antipyretics and give them to children after reducing them. Because there are many kinds of antipyretics available for adults, children may have adverse reactions when taking them. In addition, most adult drugs are tablets or capsules, which are not easy for children to swallow, and the dosage of each tablet (granule) is too large, so it is difficult to accurately grasp the dosage when taking it. Some of them are slow-release dosage forms, and they cannot be taken.
5, pay attention to avoid repeated medication. Commonly used compound cold medicines often contain acetaminophen components, such as paracetamol alkylamine granules, paracetamol huangnamin granules and paracetamol mamei syrup. If you take a single component acetaminophen antipyretic and take the above compound cold medicine at the same time, it is easy to cause acetaminophen overdose because of repeated medication. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully check the ingredients before taking the medicine.
In addition, children should drink plenty of water when taking antipyretics. Because in the process of reducing fever, the human body will sweat a lot and take away the heat in the body. If the child drinks less water, the effect of reducing fever may not be ideal; If the body loses too much water and fails to replenish it in time, it may lead to dehydration and electrolyte disorder.
References:
People's Health Network-Children have a fever, parents don't panic.
People's Daily Online-Four misunderstandings should be avoided when the baby has a fever and takes antipyretics.
Baidu encyclopedia-children have a cold and fever