The infants have a fever of 37

Children under one year who are breastfed are rarely ill with inflammatory diseases with an increase in body temperature, as with milk they get good protection from infections. But children with artificial feeding can get sick more often with an increase in body temperature.

But not always the fever is at once a sign of the disease. Sometimes, when the child overheats with too warm clothes or in a hot room, the temperature of the baby can rise to 37 ° C, and the first thing to do is to remove some clothes, give the child a drink and ventilate the room.

In the first week after birth, the temperature of the baby fluctuates around 37. If the mother has noticed such a phenomenon, then this is a variant of the norm, and not a symptom of the disease. But most often the temperature increase in infants is associated with teething . In this case, the baby has a fever of 37.2 and higher, less common cold, cough, digestive disorders.

With viral diseases, the temperature of the baby can rise to 37.6-38.5 without worsening the child's well-being, and this does not require treatment, except for taking a lot of fluids. But if it continues to increase, then it is necessary to take antipyretics.

Measuring body temperature in a baby

When measuring the temperature of a baby, the mother may encounter a number of difficulties: it is difficult to keep the thermometer for a long time in the right position. Therefore, different types of thermometers can be used for temperature measurement.

1. Very convenient to use special strips, which paste on the forehead of the baby, but they change color only to normal or elevated temperature, without indicating at the same time, how many degrees it has increased.
2. Electronic thermometers do not need to be held under the mouse for a long time, they give an audible signal about the end of the measurement. But sometimes they have large enough errors in the measurement, and before using it is better to compare the performance of such a thermometer with the temperature that was measured by a conventional mercury thermometer.
3. Dumb-thermometers are very convenient to use, but they are not always available in pharmacies.
4. A simple mercury thermometer needs 8 minutes to hold the baby's armpit, such thermometers are easy to break, and mercury inside them is very toxic. They also try not to use it in infants to measure rectal temperature.

How to treat an increase in body temperature in infants?

Do not bring down the temperature below 37.5 degrees. This is a protective reaction of the body, which allows the child to fight the infection more efficiently, without disturbing his overall well-being. But the higher the temperature rises, the more difficult it will be to knock down, so after raising more than 38 degrees, you should start taking antipyretics.

Antipyretics of central action affect the center of thermoregulation of the brain. They are prescribed only by a doctor, but without general measures to cool the body they do not always work. To cool the baby's body is best suited enema with a small amount of water (50-100 ml) at a temperature of 20 degrees.

Also for these purposes, the body of the baby is rubbed with water and vinegar in a ratio of 1: 4 or water and alcohol in a ratio of 1: 3. A child with a temperature should be given a large amount of liquid (unsweetened teas, herbal medicines or dried fruits, juices or water). And a doctor who needs to show a child appoints a course of treatment for diseases that caused an increase in body temperature.