Mom of a sick child does not find a place, not knowing what to do, especially if he has a high fever. Do not panic in this situation, because children are sick quite often and this situation is common. It is necessary to clearly know how to act in such cases and then it will be possible to keep the situation under control.
How to wipe the child at high temperature?
Methods that do not require the use of drugs include the rubbing of the child's body. This method can be used as an independent, if there is no way to give a child antipyretic, or in combination with it.
What parents do not use to reduce the temperature of the child. In the course are alcohol, vinegar, obkladyvanie ice. Doing this categorically can not, at any rate, until the child becomes an adult. After all, all these drugs through the skin fall into the body and can cause poisoning, especially in young children. In addition, these funds lead to spasm of blood vessels, which is fraught with overheating of internal organs.
It is best at a high temperature to wipe the baby's body with simple water at room temperature. If the child does not mind, you can walk a damp sponge all over your body.
But most of the time the kids do not like this procedure, and therefore it is necessary to confine oneself to wiping out the places where the main vessels are closest to the skin - under the knees, under the arms, at the elbow joints and at the wrists.
If there is a possibility, then the above places can be applied cold lotions. The temperature in this case decreases gradually, but not completely, so that the body has the ability to produce interferon naturally.
Which of the drugs should be given to a child at high temperature?
Of the drugs recommended for children under 12 years, should be highlighted particularly effective - Paracetamol and Ibuprofen, which are contained in the same name, as well as in drugs Panadol, Efferalgan, Nurofen and Ibufen.
To very small children it is recommended to enter rectal suppositories Panadol or Analdim (containing analgin with dimedrolum). Babies older, if there is no vomiting, it is better to offer a remedy in the form of a suspension or tableted forms of drugs.
What are the children stinging at high temperatures?
In the case when the temperature is rising steadily, in medical institutions or employees of an ambulance called, can make a baby a prick of a triple, or a lytic mixture. This drug, judging from the name, consists of three components - Analginum, Dimedrolum and Papaverin.
Depending on the availability of drugs, the components of this mixture can be replaced. So, Analgin is replaced with Paracetamol, Diphenhydramine - Suprastin, and Papaverin - No-spy or other antispasmodic.
Than to feed the child at a high temperature?
When the temperature of the baby is high, then most likely he refuses food until it becomes easier and the acute stage of the disease does not pass. Meat fatty foods, all kinds of smoked meat should be excluded.
It is necessary to give the child only the food that is easily digested, because if you feed him by force, the body will spend strength not to fight the infection, but to digest. You can offer a light soup, a sparse gruel or mashed potatoes, sour-milk products.
All fluids that enter the body of a child during high temperatures are equally useful and necessary for recovery. The main danger with increasing degrees is dehydration. With it, the blood becomes thicker, it becomes difficult for the heart to pump it, and even a lethal outcome is possible due to blood clotting. That is why it is so important not to allow that the child does not drink during the illness.
It is necessary to prepare the kid all kinds of kissels from berries, compote from dried fruits, green and herbal tea. Even soup, which is suitable as a light meal, is both a liquid and a drink.