This is especially noticeable in premature babies. A little they will be upset and cry - and the temperature can jump up, like a dough on yeast. Add to this apathy, which appears after the turbulent emotions, and get a picture that can scare any mom. That's why you can not measure the temperature of the child's body sobbing. It is necessary first that he calmed down. From now on, no less than 35-45 minutes must pass. During this time, the blood that has attached to the skin and mucous will return to its normal course, hence, the testimony of the thermometer can already be believed.
Has thrown in a fever
Do not conduct a measurement of body temperature to a child who has recently been actively moving. It is necessary that after noisy games and walks it took at least half an hour. Otherwise, the thermometer readings will again be unreliable.
The same can be said if the measurement of the child's body temperature is carried out in a hot room. Agree, it's not uncommon when a baby is sick. At the same time, many mothers try to turn on the heater in the sick child's room, and wrap it up more warmly. But this good intention entails not very pleasant consequences. Under such conditions, heat transfer from the surface of the skin is difficult. Of course, the baby will overheat, and its temperature will be at least half a degree above the real one.
Tip
The temperature of the air in the nursery should range from +19 to + 21C. The baby should only be dressed in a cotton blouse with long sleeves. Under such conditions, the thermometer readings will be reliable Hot spots
Points for measuring the temperature of the child's body on the human body are several. The armpit is most often used. There, the normal temperature in children is 35-36.9 C. The same is recorded in the inguinal fold. If you manage to persuade your baby to hold a thermometer in your mouth, then pulling it out, you should not be frightened. Here the normal temperature is 36-37 C. Newborns have their own standards, they are half a degree higher.
Expand on the shelves
Doctors have long "spread out" the fever on the shelves and labeled each of them. So, it turned out that the rise in temperature from 37 C to 38, C is called subfebrile. Febrile moderate temperature - 38, С - 39 С. High febrile - up to 41 С.
Children often frighten their parents with a "candle" heat. Appeared, knocked down, and no more. This indicates the imperfection of thermoregulation processes. If this happens regularly, the child should be shown to the doctor.
The most gentle and receptive thermometer is my mother's lips and arms. The accuracy of this folk way depends only on your experience. Usually it is quite enough at the first touch to the forehead or neck of a crumb. As a rule, if the temperature is above 37-37,5 C, you will feel it. You can double-check it like this: put your hand to your forehead with the back side, then touch the child again. It also happens that instead of the forehead, the child's feet and hands are burning.
Shivers or breaks
There is another classification of fever. It is divided into two large groups, depending on the reasons that cause it. They can be infectious and non-infectious. In the first case, the increase in temperature will coincide with the appearance of any other symptoms, for example, with a sore throat, runny nose, cough or pain. At the same time, characteristic changes will appear in the blood test: the number of leukocytes will increase, the ESR will accelerate. The doctor, having looked at the analysis form, will understand that there are inflammatory changes in the blood. In this case, antipyretics and antibiotics will help.
Do not shoot down!
Another picture is observed with noninfectious fever. It is not the bacteria that is to blame, but something else. This "other" can be cuts, bruises and stretching of the muscles, neurological pathology, hormonal disorders or connective tissue diseases. In this case, the child will react poorly to antipyretic drugs - they will not practically reduce the temperature. The same can be said about antibiotics: they have no effect on the "non-inflammatory" fever.
Dangerous antipyretic agents
What to do if it became clear: the child is feverish? The doctors' recommendations here are quite severe: the temperature should not be brought down to 38.5 C. This is explained simply: an increased measurement of the body temperature of the child is a protective reaction of the body. First, the fever itself has a harmful effect on the infection: some bacteria simply can not exist at elevated temperature. Secondly, fever is needed to stimulate the immune system. The latter produces antibodies, this process only takes place under conditions of elevated temperature. If it is brought down, the production of antibodies will stop. The immune system will not work as it should, but with much less workload. Such immunity is inadequate.
Vinegar leather
Wipes and compresses are another way to deal with the temperature. For grinding, it is better to use apple cider vinegar. It is diluted with water in a proportion of 1: 1.5. The resulting solution should not be cold, but slightly cool. Lower the palm into it and begin to wipe the child hard enough. Much attention should be paid to footsteps and palms - here it is easiest to achieve active evaporation. Then you have to wipe off the body and leave the child to lie naked for a couple of minutes. Dress in cotton clothes, cover with a light blanket. As for cold compresses, they are placed wherever large vessels under the skin. This neck, inguinal folds, ulnar folds and popliteal fossa. Put napkins moistened with cool water on these areas. They need to be left for at least 30-40 minutes.
Urgently reduce!
As already mentioned, there are exceptions from the rules. They concern and antipyretic. The ban on them is removed if the child does not tolerate the temperature, that is, he has vomiting, impaired consciousness or convulsions. It is necessary to give a febrifuge immediately. The same should be done if the baby suffers from diseases of the central nervous system or has cardiac defects. Some genetic diseases, phenylketonuria are an indication for taking antipyretics.
Let the child be cheerful
Paradoxically, the child should be cheered - this is normal. But many parents decide to take such a step is not easy. Antipyretic agents are immediately put into action. The results of this are deplorable: children, who were not allowed to have normal illnesses, are subsequently more likely to suffer more serious pathologies. And the kids, who were given antipyretic drugs for usual ARVI, are several times more likely to suffer from bronchial asthma.
"Red" and "white"
Antipyretic should be given in the case of the so-called "pale" fever. In this case, the child becomes apathetic, he has pale, cold and dry skin. Sometimes it can appear a marble pattern. All this is due to the perverted reaction of too sensitive children's vessels. Instead of expanding, expelling excess heat from the body, they narrow. This is fraught with trouble, so you need to act immediately. It is necessary to give an antipyretic drug - the best is paracetamol - and call an ambulance.
But in most cases, the fever is a "red" type. The skin of the kid is hot, bright pink and moist. This means that the heat transfer processes go as it should. Antipyretics are not needed here - provided that the temperature is below 38.5 ° C.
Fact
The norm is also the increase in temperature with teething. During this period, it can hold even for several days.
Raspberry precautions
If the temperature still exceeds 38.5 C, then it can be reduced. This is done in several ways. You can give the child already mentioned paracetamol or ibubrofen, or you can resort to "grandmother's recipes." First of all, it's sweatshops. As a rule, raspberry or milk with honey is used. Both are remarkable when measuring the temperature of a child's body. There is only one "but". Before giving something diaphoretic, the child should drink at least 100-150 ml of liquid. It can be tea, juice or jelly. The best is a decoction of dried fruits, and among them must necessarily be raisins, which is considered one of the most important suppliers of potassium. And only after 15-20 minutes you can give a drink to raspberries. It will begin its operation, and it will "come out" by soaking up water before it. And if nothing was drunk, raspberries will lead to even dehydration of the body, it will "squeeze out" the already scarce moisture.
Then the child, clothed in cotton, should be left under a light sheet. Sweat should not be wiped - evaporating, it cools the skin. After the main sweating has passed, the baby needs to be changed and put to bed.