How to treat a baby’s viral infection and fever?

Everyone knows that babies’ immune abilities are relatively low. If a baby has a viral infection and develops a fever, parents must take relevant care measures. Generally, if the fever is relatively mild, some care methods can be used to help treat it, such as drinking more warm water, warm water sponge bath, warm water bath, etc. These methods are helpful for treating baby's fever. If the fever is more serious, the baby should be sent to the hospital for treatment in time, because prolonged high temperature in the body poses a great threat to health, for example, it may cause damage to the baby's brain cells.

1) Drink more warm water, vegetable juice and fruit juice. Let your baby drink more water and replenish body fluids. This is the most basic method of reducing fever. It is very effective and practical and suitable for all babies with fever. Do not give your baby cold water, because fever is often accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms and coughing. Drinking cold water will aggravate these accompanying symptoms. Give your baby warm water.

2) Warm water bath, that is, wipe the whole body with a warm water towel. This is a great way to cool down any baby who has a fever. The water temperature should be between 32℃ and 34℃, and each wiping time should be more than 10 minutes. The key areas to wipe are the skin folds, such as the neck, armpits, elbows, groin, etc.

3) Warm water bath: The water temperature should be about 3℃-4℃ lower than the patient's body temperature, and each bath should last for 5-10 minutes. Many parents think that babies should not be bathed when they have a fever. In fact, on the contrary, giving babies a warm bath can help cool them down. A warm bath is suitable for all babies with a fever.

4) Low-temperature chamber method: Place the sick child in an environment with a room temperature of about 24°C to slowly lower the body temperature. In order to allow the skin to come into contact with the outside air and help cool down, people need to wear less clothes. If conditions permit, use air conditioning to lower the room temperature. This method is suitable for babies under 1 month old, especially in summer. Just open the baby's clothes and put him in a cool place, his body temperature will slowly drop. If your baby has chills and shivering when having a fever, you should not use the low-temperature chamber method.

5) Cooling patch: Cooling patch is a new product in recent years and is very popular. In fact, the cooling effect is average and not as exaggerated as the advertisements say. Putting a patch on the baby's forehead will make the baby's head feel more comfortable and the parents will feel more at ease too. It should be beneficial and harmless.

6) Ice compress: There is still much controversy about the pros and cons of this method. Some experts believe that ice compresses do more harm than good, because they may cause the capillaries in the baby's skin to contract, hindering heat dissipation and causing the body temperature to be higher, especially if accompanied by chills and shivering. Ice compresses should not be used.