1 How many days does a baby's tonsil inflammation and fever last?
Normally, a baby's tonsil inflammation and fever lasts about a week.
Tonsillitis is caused by bacterial and viral infections, and is often accompanied by symptoms such as sore throat, dry itching, and high fever. Generally, if tonsil inflammation is not eliminated, the fever may last longer.
2 What to do if your baby has tonsil inflammation and fever
When the baby’s body temperature is below 39 degrees Celsius, mothers can take some effective measures at home. Physical methods to reduce fever, such as giving the baby plenty of water to drink, soaking feet in hot water, bathing in warm water, etc. Soak your feet in hot water
Soaking your feet in hot water can promote blood circulation and relieve physical discomfort. When a baby has a fever due to tonsillitis, soaking his feet in hot water can also help him cool down. You can use a small basin or bucket to soak your feet. The water temperature should be slightly higher than usual. It is best to keep the temperature at about 40 degrees Celsius, based on the temperature that the baby can adapt to. When soaking the feet, the mother can rub the baby's feet with her hands, which will not only dilate the blood vessels and accelerate blood circulation, but also reduce the discomfort caused by fever.
Take a warm bath
Take a warm bath to help dissipate heat. If your baby is still in good spirits when he has a fever due to tonsillitis, you can give him more baths and adjust the water temperature to about 27-37 degrees Celsius. When bathing a baby with fever, be careful not to take a hot bath, otherwise it will cause the blood vessels throughout the baby's body to dilate, increase oxygen consumption, and easily lead to ischemia and hypoxia in the baby's body, aggravating the fever.
Drink more water
Babies with fever caused by tonsil inflammation may be dehydrated because the fever will take away part of the body's water, so we should let the baby drink more water. , pay attention to small amounts and multiple times. Drinking more water can not only replenish the body's moisture, but also increase perspiration and urination, and promote body heat dissipation. At the same time, pay attention to your baby's oral hygiene. You can rinse your baby's mouth with light salt water.
Adjust the indoor temperature?
If the baby's tonsil inflammation causes fever, mothers should adjust the temperature in the room appropriately, open windows for ventilation, and take off the baby's excess clothing to ensure The baby is in a cool but not cold ventilated environment, which can make the baby feel more comfortable.
Medical treatment
Once the baby's temperature reaches above 39 degrees Celsius, he must see a doctor without delay. Because high fever lasts for too long, many important functions of the baby's body will be disordered, such as digestive disorders, weakened resistance, etc. Self-treatment will aggravate the baby's condition and affect the baby's physical and mental health.
3. What to eat if your baby has tonsillitis and fever? Honeysuckle porridge
Ingredients: 15 grams of honeysuckle, 100 grams of rice, and a small amount of sugar.
Method: Clean the honeysuckle and soak it in appropriate amount of water for 5-10 minutes, then boil it to extract the juice, then add the rice to the juice and cook it into porridge. When the porridge is cooked, add a small amount of sugar. Just stir well.
Efficacy: It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, and promoting wind and dissipating heat. Mung bean porridge
Ingredients: 50 grams of mung beans, 100 grams of rice, appropriate amount of water, and a little rock sugar.
Method: First clean the mung beans and rice, put them into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 60 minutes, and finally add a little rock sugar.
Efficacy: relieve summer heat and replenish qi, clear away heat and detoxify. Lotus leaf porridge
Ingredients: 2 fresh lotus leaves, 100 grams of rice, a little rock sugar.
Method: First clean the lotus leaves, decoct them and remove the residue. Then wash the rice, add lotus leaf soup and simmer over low heat until it becomes porridge, and finally add a little rock sugar.
Efficacy: It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, producing body fluids and quenching thirst, and being a diuretic.
4 Things to note
1. Let the baby rest in bed more. Babies with tonsillitis and fever have all body functions in a relatively weak state at this time. Allowing the baby to rest in bed more will help restore the baby's mental state.
2. Drink more water. Drinking more water not only helps to moisten the baby's throat, but also promotes excretion and takes away some of the body's heat.
3. Eat liquid or semi-liquid food, such as gruel, milk, broth, etc. It can relieve the baby's discomfort when swallowing, replenish energy for the baby, and also promote the excretion of toxins.
4. It is not recommended to use the physical cooling method of wiping the body with alcohol for babies, because the baby's skin is very thin and can easily absorb alcohol and cause poisoning.