Viral fever

Fever is a very common phenomenon. In daily life, many people should have had symptoms of fever. There are many reasons for fever. Some are due to cold weather, some are heat colds, and some are viral fevers. Fever caused by such reasons is very serious. Some children are infected with viral fevers, which will last for a long time and the fever will not subside. Everyone must deal with it in time.

Many children have viral fever, and parents are very anxious at this time. Generally, when children have such symptoms, the fever cannot go down within a few days. Parents must take some correct methods in time to lower the child's body temperature in time.

First, wear less clothes to allow your child to dissipate heat. The traditional idea is that when a child has a fever, he or she should be wrapped tightly with clothes and quilts to "force" the sweat out. In fact, this is wrong. When children have a fever, they will shiver and parents may think that their children have chills, but in fact, this is because their increased body temperature causes convulsions.

Second, help your child cool down physically. There are the following common methods:

1. Cold wet compress on the head: Soak a soft towel in 20℃-30℃ cold water, squeeze it slightly to prevent dripping, fold it and place it on the forehead, change it every 3-5 minutes.

2. Head ice pillow: Fill the ice bag half full with small ice cubes and a small amount of water, expel the air from the bag, press the bag opening tightly, and place it on the pillow after there is no water leakage.

3. Wipe with warm water or take a warm bath: Wipe the child's head, armpits, limbs with a warm and wet towel or take a warm bath, scrub the skin more to promote heat dissipation.

4. Alcohol bath: suitable for cooling down high fever. Prepare 200-300 ml of 20%-35% alcohol and use it to rub the limbs and back.

Third, drink plenty of water and don’t take any medicine casually. When the fever is high, breathing speeds up and sweating causes the body to lose a lot of water, so parents should give their children plenty of water when they have a fever, increase urine volume, and promote the excretion of toxins in the body.

Recipe for babies under 1 year old with fever

1. Watermelon Juice:

Remove the seeds and pulp from fresh watermelon, squeeze the juice and drink it frequently instead of tea. If the fever is not accompanied by other symptoms, you can drink a small amount of cold drinks such as iced watermelon juice to help reduce temperature and promote diuresis.

Milk powder:

It is mainly plant protein, and its nutrition is similar to that of milk, but it is easy to digest and absorb. It can be diluted and drunk according to the age and needs of the baby.

Mung bean soup:

Boil the mung beans with water until they are soft, then add appropriate amount of sugar or salt. Mung beans have the therapeutic effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and relieving summer heat, and they are also rich in water and nutrients.

Recipes for babies over 1 year old with fever

Millet porridge:

It is mainly composed of plant protein and carbohydrates, which is not only rich in nutrition but also moderate in calories, making it most suitable for sick and weak young children. Milk rice soup:

Rice soup is rich in carbohydrates, which can provide sufficient water and calories and is easily digested by the stomach and intestines. The carbohydrates in rice soup can also convert the indigestible casein molecules in milk into molecules that are easy to digest and absorb. The preparation method of milk rice soup is very simple. You just need to wash the rice slightly, add clean water to boil it, filter out the rice residue, add milk and mix well.

After the baby's fever subsides, it is not advisable to eat more

After the baby has a fever for a few days

Children often don't want to eat, which makes parents very worried and they ask them to eat more after the fever subsides. In fact, after the child's fever subsides, the gastrointestinal function has not yet fully returned to normal, and the secretion of digestive enzymes is also less. If you force the child to eat more, it may cause anorexia.

In the early stages of a child's recovery

They should be fed with easily digestible soft food and fresh fruits in small amounts and multiple times, such as milk, soy milk, orange juice, porridge, etc. Food should contain more vitamins, avoid foods with too much fat or sugar, and give children their favorite foods as much as possible. For children with poor appetite

Parents should have patience and confidence; if the child still has no appetite a week after the fever subsides, they should ask a doctor to check, as there may be other causes of disease in the body.

Parents should not be too anxious about their children's viral fever. Sometimes fever can greatly increase the child's resistance and make the body healthier. However, if the child has a fever, he or she should be treated in time. If some dietary therapy methods are used, the child can get better in time.