What should children do with viral cold and fever?
The basal body temperature of normal children is 36.9℃~37.5℃. Generally, when the body temperature exceeds the basal body temperature of 65438 0℃, fever can be considered. Low fever means that the body temperature fluctuates around 38℃, and high fever means that the body temperature is above 39℃. Persistent fever for more than two weeks is called long-term fever.
My principle is that the temperature is below 38.5 degrees, don't take antipyretics, take antipyretic injections and give the baby plenty of water. Pay attention to whether the ambient temperature is too high. In hot summer, the temperature is very high, and the baby's ability to regulate body temperature is poor. When the mother holds the baby, the hot air is not easy to dissipate, which makes the body temperature rise. However, this kind of fever generally does not last long. Put it in a cool place, fan it a little, give the child some cold juice, or give the child a hot bath. After a few hours, the temperature will drop to normal. If the indoor temperature is too high in winter and the baby is wrapped too much, it will also raise the baby's body temperature.
If the fever is above 38.5 degrees, please call a doctor immediately to confirm whether it is a virus infection or a bacterial infection. For viral infections, antiviral drugs (such as ribavirin) are used, and for bacterial infections, antibiotics (such as cephalosporins) are used. Don't rush to reduce the fever. A fever is just a symptom. Find out why.
Pay attention to whether there is bacterial or viral infection.
The main symptoms and causes are as follows:
Fever and runny nose-cold (cold syndrome)
Sore throat-pharyngitis, tonsillitis
Continuous fever of about 39℃, white bloodshot eyes and watery eyes-swimming pool fever.
When you have a high fever in a hot place, you are exhausted-heatstroke (heatstroke)
Parotid swelling-parotitis
Running ear and emotional instability-otitis media
Cough, breathlessness, dyspnea-pneumonia
Red gums and excessive saliva-stomatitis
Vomiting, cramp, protrusion of anterior fontanel-meningitis
Vomiting, spasm, unconsciousness-pneumonia, acute encephalopathy
Frequent urination, hematuria-urinary tract infection
At the same time of fever, spasms-heat spasms
What are the symptoms of viral cold?
Viral cold is a common disease, including common cold, influenza and viral pharyngitis, which is mainly transmitted through the nasal cavity through air or hand contact. Influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by influenza virus. The virus exists in the respiratory tract of patients and is spread by droplets when patients cough and sneeze. Because of its strong infectivity, difficult transmission route, fast transmission speed, wide transmission range, difficult control and great harm, it even causes serious cases (severe pneumonia, respiratory failure, etc. The common cold is caused by rhinovirus, coronavirus and parainfluenza virus. The common cold is much less contagious than the flu and often occurs alone. When the body's resistance drops, it is easy to get sick.
1, common cold, acute onset, dry throat, itchy throat or burning sensation at first, sneezing, stuffy nose and runny nose at the same time or several hours later. May be accompanied by sore throat, sometimes hearing loss due to ear pharyngitis, as well as tears, dull taste, poor breathing, hoarse voice, a small amount of cough and so on. Generally, there is no fever and systemic symptoms, or only low fever, discomfort, mild chills and headache.
2, viral pharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchitis.
Acute viral pharyngitis is an itchy and burning sensation in the throat, and the pain is not persistent and prominent. The clinical manifestations are hoarseness, difficulty in speaking and pain when coughing, often accompanied by fever, pharyngitis or cough.
Acute viral bronchitis is characterized by cough, no phlegm or mucus, accompanied by fever and fatigue. Other symptoms usually include hoarseness and non-pleural pain under the sternum.
Herpes angina is characterized by obvious sore throat and fever, and the course of the disease is about one week. It occurs mostly in summer, especially in children.
4. Pharyngoconjunctival fever, manifested as fever, sore throat, photophobia, tears, and obvious congestion of pharyngeal conjunctiva. The course of the disease lasts for 4-6 days, mostly in summer and spreads when swimming. Children are common.
5, bacterial pharyngeal tonsillitis, acute onset, obvious sore throat, chills, fever, body temperature can reach above 39℃.
What is good for viral cold?
Eat a balanced diet and naturally have better resistance. Take more vitamin C-eat 4-5 oranges or drink 2 glasses of orange juice every day, or take 1000 mg vitamin C tablets.
Drinking more water can speed up the discharge of the virus, preferably boiled water. If you can't drink it, you can add juice or tea to adjust the taste.