Normal body temperature from 36,50C-37,50C. In children also have the same temperature as adults but in children by conditioned center incomplete easier fever and high fever. Fever is the body temperature on 37,50C. Axillary temperatures measured by thermometers and measuring.
How to detect and assess the child has a fever.
How to detect: When you see the young face flushed or pale cheeks, subtle eyes seemed lost, young fussy or tired, sleep. Palms touching foreheads, or hot young limbs or get pressure on the forehead cheeks mother of young children who see more hot sauce. The most accurate way to detect mercury thermometer is used to measure temperature.
Temperature measurements: Before measuring, checking thermometer, if the thermometer's mercury levels we measured just under 360C. But if the thermometer's mercury levels higher than 360C, we must use the index finger to place thermometer mercury pregnant parallel, while the other fingers hold the thermometer and read the mercury in the thermometer.
If the temperature is above 37,50C children with fever.
Assessing the sauce:
+ When the temperature is mild fever from 37,50C -38,50C.
+ When the temperature from C 38.50 - 390C is just fever.
+ When the temperature from 390C-400C is a high fever.
+ When the temperature> 400C is a very high fever.
Causes of fever
Fever is not a disease but a symptom of many diseases, because the body's response to infection, or due to sudden cold or hot there may be changes in the transfer hoa..vv If the temperature is not too low fever C 38.50, not harmful to children, but also create better conditions for children against infectious diseases. But if high fever or high fever makes children tired due to dehydration, electrolyte disorders and can cause seizures. So when a child has a fever need to find the cause.
There are usually two main groups causing fever causes.
Fever usual reasons: nasopharyngitis, inflammation amydal, fever feels stale, viral fever... usually only lasts 3-4 days fever children but still awake, still eating and drinking is often accompanied by signs effects such as runny nose, sneezing, cough or rash... usually benign.
Fever is one of the signs of dangerous diseases such as pneumonia, malaria, dengue fever, meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia.... Children often fever and fatigue accompanied by other symptoms such as chills, hemorrhage, convulsions, vomiting, dyspnea, cyanosis, or struggling li kiss,, packaging software called asking not know... the more the sauce together with the above symptoms are dangerous, there is a threat to the life of the child, if not detected and treated in time.
How to manage children with fever
When mild fever temperature children from 37,50C-C 38.50 not require medication that just take off heat clothes for your child to drink plenty of water, if children are breastfed for more than breastfeed. Avoid leaving children in draughty place, continue to monitor and measure the temperature 3-4 hours back.
When a child has a fever over C 38.50 to take off clothes, to wear underwear thin, soft, open, wide, lower the temperature in the room, open the door, turn on the fan (drafts), antipyretic medication or put rectal medications.
Along with medication, use a towel more absorbent soft normally squeezed dry and then put on the forehead of the child armpit hollow towel 2, 2 or wipe the baby's groin can also contribute to lower a child's temperature, attention should using ice or ice packs for young children will cause bad reactions. Give your child plenty of fluids, especially fresh juices. Avoid high fever when young to abstain from the wind, sometimes as young as the higher temperatures, sometimes hazardous to young lives.
When to take the child to the health facility?
+ All children under 5 years of age with fever after the first day management of fever still need to take the child to the medical facility to find the cause.
+ The case of high fever and antipyretic medication is not reducing measures.
+ Children of fever accompanied by signs such as fatigue, li packaging, convulsions, refusing to eat or drink no vomiting, abdominal pain, hemorrhage, chills, shortness of breath...
To seek immediate emergency treatment as soon as possible
In summary, to calm tracking and management. For fever medication, and then to take them to medical facilities to find the cause. The case of fever accompanied by the danger signs such as seizures, not eating... need to take the child immediately to the medical facility.

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