How to deal with a child who has a fever at night?

When a baby has a fever in the middle of the night, it is the most worrying and headache thing for a mother. She wishes that she was the one who got sick, and it is better to be able to take the pain of her baby than to watch her baby suffer from the disease.

I remember that my child was more than one year old and living in Sanya at that time. There was a typhoon in the evening, my child's father was on a business trip, and I was alone at home.

At around 11 o'clock at night, my daughter started to have a fever, and her lips turned white and slightly purple. Measured with a mercury thermometer, 38.9°C.

At that time, it was windy and rainy outside, and in those days when there was no Didi, you could imagine the situation at that time when you were raising your baby alone. It was impossible to take a taxi to the hospital. I was unfamiliar with the place and had no one to help me. I had no one to rely on and had to rely on myself.

At that time, I deeply understood the saying "women are weak by nature, but mothers are strong".

Since the baby was born, a small medical kit has been prepared at home. Commonly used items include antipyretic suppositories, antipyretic patches, band-aids, Mommy’s Love, disinfectant, etc. In a hurry, I first boiled a pot of water and used a hot towel to wipe the baby's forehead, palms, soles of feet, and chest. Then insert the antipyretic suppository into the baby's anus. During this period, the child was fed a little warm salt water. The baby didn't cry at that time. In fact, this situation made me more anxious, fearing that the baby would burn out. Just keep wiping my forehead with a hot towel.

It was around two o'clock in the morning, probably because the antipyretic suppositories were taking effect. The child began to sweat, the body temperature gradually dropped, and the sleeping baby's breathing was not so heavy and rapid.

After changing the baby into clean clothes, my anxious heart was relieved. At around six o'clock in the morning, when the wind and rain subsided a little, I immediately took the baby to the hospital and went to the emergency room. In the end, he was diagnosed with acute pneumonia, and he slowly recovered after three days of continuous infusion. Through this time my baby had a fever late at night, I learned a little experience.

1. Prepare a small medicine box, including commonly used antipyretics, antipyretic patches, enteritis medicines, umbilical patches, topical anti-inflammatory potions, etc., and put them in the medicine box for emergencies.

Note: It is necessary to update the contents of medicines in a timely manner, and pay special attention not to have expired medicines in the medicine cabinet. In case of emergency use, it will not cure the disease, but cause trouble.

2. Physical cooling is best done with a hot towel.

Note: Low body temperature is more harmful to the baby than high body temperature. 3. Replenish water. A child's fever will consume a lot of water in the body. At this time, be careful to add some light salt water.

The water in the human body contains 0.7-0.9% salt. Adding light salt water is more conducive to the baby's absorption. Light salt water also has an anti-inflammatory effect on the intestines.

Note: The increase in body water can stabilize body temperature and avoid rapid temperature rise again. Light salt water is suitable for adults to have a slightly salty taste when drinking it. 4. Once a child sweats, he or she should change into close-fitting clothes in time to avoid catching a second cold and aggravating the condition.

5. Regardless of whether the fever situation has been dealt with or not, after the fever symptoms are relieved, you must take your baby to the hospital and professional people will do professional things. Don't take it lightly.