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Every living thing has a normal body temperature that enables it to survive. In humans, 36-38 ºC is considered normal body temperature.
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High fever occurs as a result of the reaction of the body's defense mechanisms against harmful microorganisms entering the body. Therefore, the presence of fever indicates that the body's resistance mechanisms are working.
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Fever measurement can be made from different regions. Measurements are made on the forehead with non-contact degrees, in the armpit or anus with a digital stick thermometer, and from the ear with otoscopic degrees.
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Under normal conditions, the child's temperature is between 36-38ºC. Towards the evening hours, the temperature may change within normal limits, depending on the clothes worn and the temperature of the environment where the child is located.
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Different values are considered normal or high depending on the measurement location.
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High fever is considered above 38 ºC in rectal and ear measurements, and above 37.5 ºC in armpit and forehead measurements.
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Especially in children under 5 years of age. There is a direct proportion between the severity of high fever in children and the severity of the infection.
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In simple flu infections, a fever of up to 38.5 ºC is expected, while a temperature higher than 38.5-39 ºC is expected. Fever may be a sign of a more serious infection.
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Therefore, measuring the fever and determining its level and informing your doctor about it is important to help your doctor in the diagnosis.
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High fever in babies aged 0-3 months is almost always a symptom of a serious disease. If your baby has a fever higher than 38ºC, uncover your baby, measure again after 1 hour, and if the fever is higher than 38ºC again, inform your doctor.
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38 ºC in children older than 3 months. If the child has a fever higher than 1.5 m, undress your child and give him a bath with warm water. If the child is cheerful and cheerful despite the fever, you can make him wait naked without giving any medication.
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If there is restlessness and weakness along with the fever or his temperature is 38.5 If it rises above ºC, apply the antipyretic syrup or suppository recommended by your doctor at the recommended dose.
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Do not dress or cover your child until the fever goes down. Your child's fever will decrease within 1-2 hours after the syrup or suppository is given.
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During the fever period, your child is expected to have complaints such as cold and shivering. Covering yourself will not help reduce these complaints. However, as the fever subsides, the chills and shivering will disappear.
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As the fever subsides, the fever subsides as profuse sweating and the child feels relieved.
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The child feels relieved. There is no need to wash the child with vinegar, cologne or cold water to reduce the fever. Instead, it is enough to take a bath with warm water.
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As a result, fever shows the body's resistance to microbes. Let's measure the child's temperature without panicking, so that our child can overcome fever easily and comfortably, and take his/her temperature with the recommended methods. Let's reduce it, contact our doctor at the first opportunity and have the necessary examinations and tests to find out the cause of high fever.
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