What is Fever?
Fever is a rise in body temperature than normal (normal body temperature ranges between 36oC - 38oC). Your child has a fever if the temperature measurement temperature:
* The thermometer in the rectum or anus exceed 38oC
* The thermometer in the mouth (oral) in excess of 37.6oC
* thermometer in the armpit (axillary) exceeds 37oC
What Causes Fever?
Fever is the body's mechanisms in the hit viral or bacterial infection that is not always dangerous. Fever is a symptom and not a disease.
Fever is a rise in body temperature than normal (normal body temperature ranges between 36oC - 38oC). Your child has a fever if the temperature measurement temperature:
* The thermometer in the rectum or anus exceed 38oC
* The thermometer in the mouth (oral) in excess of 37.6oC
* thermometer in the armpit (axillary) exceeds 37oC
What Causes Fever?
Fever is the body's mechanisms in the hit viral or bacterial infection that is not always dangerous. Fever is a symptom and not a disease.
How to measure temperature in children?
Measure temperature by using the hand on the forehead, cheeks, or the child's abdomen is not a good way to measure fever. You should measure the temperature increase in children using a thermometer to make sure that your child is exposed to fever. Types of thermometers include mercury thermometers, digital thermometer (fast), and timpanik thermometer (placed in the ear).
Measure temperature by using the hand on the forehead, cheeks, or the child's abdomen is not a good way to measure fever. You should measure the temperature increase in children using a thermometer to make sure that your child is exposed to fever. Types of thermometers include mercury thermometers, digital thermometer (fast), and timpanik thermometer (placed in the ear).
How to measure mercury thermometers are:
* For infants and toddlers:
The best measurement using a thermometer placed in the armpit (axillary), place the tip of the thermometer in the middle of the armpit, hold with one hand and use your other hand to hold the baby's arm so as not to open. Hold thermometer for 3-4 minutes.
* Ages 5 years and older:
The best measurement is to use a thermometer placed in the mouth (if your child is willing). When a new child to eat something cold or hot, wait 10 minutes to measure temperature. Lay your child, place the thermometer under the tongue, tell your child to close his mouth but do not bite. Hold thermometer for 2-3 minutes.
* For infants and toddlers:
The best measurement using a thermometer placed in the armpit (axillary), place the tip of the thermometer in the middle of the armpit, hold with one hand and use your other hand to hold the baby's arm so as not to open. Hold thermometer for 3-4 minutes.
* Ages 5 years and older:
The best measurement is to use a thermometer placed in the mouth (if your child is willing). When a new child to eat something cold or hot, wait 10 minutes to measure temperature. Lay your child, place the thermometer under the tongue, tell your child to close his mouth but do not bite. Hold thermometer for 2-3 minutes.
Does the child should be bathed when fever?
Bathe with wet sponge or cloth is one good way to lower a fever if the child is vomiting or can not take fever-lowering drugs. Sometimes, a bath and fever-lowering medication to reduce fever and discomfort. Use warm water and wipe your child with special sponge or washcloth.
Bathe with wet sponge or cloth is one good way to lower a fever if the child is vomiting or can not take fever-lowering drugs. Sometimes, a bath and fever-lowering medication to reduce fever and discomfort. Use warm water and wipe your child with special sponge or washcloth.
How do I deal with fever in children?
Without the drug:
* If your child continues to eat, drink, and play as usual, he may not need a febrifuge.
* put the clothes that are thin or just put the clothes in so that children will release heat through their skin.
* Compress the child by using warm water on the forehead, neck, armpits, chest. Do not allow to dry compresses to the body of a child, adopted compress when half dry, dip again in warm water, wring it out, put in the body of a child.
* DO NOT use alcohol as a pack of children. Alcohol can cause heat loss is too fast causing alcohol poisoning.
* Cover the child with a thin blanket if the child is cold or shivering.
* Rest your child because the activity can increase the fever.
* Give your child extra fluids (water, juice, milk). If the child does not want to drink, give fluids child whatever he wants.
* put the clothes that are thin or just put the clothes in so that children will release heat through their skin.
* Compress the child by using warm water on the forehead, neck, armpits, chest. Do not allow to dry compresses to the body of a child, adopted compress when half dry, dip again in warm water, wring it out, put in the body of a child.
* DO NOT use alcohol as a pack of children. Alcohol can cause heat loss is too fast causing alcohol poisoning.
* Cover the child with a thin blanket if the child is cold or shivering.
* Rest your child because the activity can increase the fever.
* Give your child extra fluids (water, juice, milk). If the child does not want to drink, give fluids child whatever he wants.
* Drugs can help kids to feel better but do not stop the fever.
* Give paracetamol every four hours (6 times a day).
* Read the label and follow the instructions appropriate to the age and weight of children.
* Discuss with your doctor before giving ibuprofen.
* Do not give aspirin to children under 16 years because it can cause serious illness (Reye's Syndrome) which can lead to brain damage and liver.
When should a doctor?
* Call your doctor if your baby's fever and under the age of 3 months.
* Contact your doctor if the child's temperature reaches the temperature of 39oC or more.
* Contact your doctor if the child's fever and loss of appetite, headache, vomiting or abdominal pain, crying more than usual, experiencing pain in the throat, difficulty breathing, pain in the ear, and pain when urinating.
Fever usually does not last more than 3 days. Contact your doctor if the child's temperature does notdrop after 3 days and have done all the above measures.
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