Fever at baby, treatment against the fever, what to make, fever in the children.

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Fever at baby, treatment against the fever, what to make, fever in the children.
Fever of baby

The fever is defined by an higher temperature in 38° C. At a baby, it is often related to an infection and must be treated in an adapted way and often rapid especially if the infant is very young.

Symptoms

The most reliable means, and which must be used to take the temperature of a child is the rectal thermometer. Beside the fever itself, other symptoms can be present (diarrhoea, vomiting, tasks on the skin…). These demonstrations will make it possible to the doctor to direct a diagnosis.

A consultation is sometimes urgent

> This consultation must be immediate at any baby of less than one month with fever. This one is generally related to an infection which can require care in urgency.

> Between one and three months, this consultation should not wait according to the context (importance of the fever, premature newborn or with an intra-uterine delay, other symptoms…).

> Between three months and two years, in the event of fever and other major symptoms like disorders of vigilance, problems respiratory, a dry mouth and the eyes encircled, red tasks on the skin, of the important diarrhoeas… a consultation in urgency is necessary.

What to make?

Settings besides these specific situations, most of the time:

> It is advised to propose to drink with your child (milk, water, or solution of oral rehydration bought in pharmacy in the event of diarrhoea) to prevent the risks of dehydration.

> It is also advisable to support its rest, and to take care that the temperature of its room doesn’t
exceed 20° C.
> The child must be equipped slightly to allow body heat to escape. The child should
be supervised very regularly.
> And of course, if the child is obstructed by his fever, it should be treated by drugs.

Possible complications

The fever can be of short duration and reabsorb in a few days. It is important to supervise the child. According to other associated symptoms, this fever can correspond to an angina, an otitis, an gastro-intestinal infection, a urinary infection. At somes children, a sudden rise of temperature can involve convulsions which require the opinion of a doctor.