Baby has a fever at night, with a cold towel or a hot towel?

Mother took the child, the most fear is that the baby is sick, it is just like his own life! After the baby is sick, he has to wake up many times at night and reach out to touch the child. He is afraid that the child will have a fever. When the baby has a fever at night and can’t hit the car, the parents usually use a towel to give the baby a fever-reducing medicine to cope with the morning and then take the child to the doctor.
Then, if the baby has a fever at night, should he use a cold towel or a hot towel? In fact, it depends on which stage of the baby’s body heat, parents must timely measure the body temperature, so as not to make a mistake to delay the condition, let us introduce the following:
After a child has a fever, the body temperature is generally divided into three stages: rising period, duration, and falling period.
1 Ascending period: After the fever rises, the baby will appear in the cold war, when the cold is hot, the face is pale, and the body is weak, indicating that the baby’s body temperature is in a continuous rising period. At this time, generally do not give the baby a forehead, first measure the body temperature, if it exceeds 38.5 ° C, you need to eat antipyretics immediately. In addition, after eating antipyretics, pay attention to the baby’s body warmth, and then use a hot towel to wipe the baby’s armpits, palms, feet, and other parts, this can effectively prevent the baby’s body temperature from rising sharply, causing danger.
2 Duration: After eating antipyretics, your baby’s body temperature will appear for a certain period of time. During this period, your baby’s body will continue to be hot. At this time, parents should give the baby a fever-removing sticker, or use a cold towel to apply the forehead. At the same time, wipe the baby’s armpits, palms, and feet with a warm towel. This can effectively help the baby to quickly reduce fever and prevent it. The body temperature continues to heat up, causing complications such as syncope and shock.
3 descent period: the body temperature decline period is, the baby will generally produce a lot of sweat, which is a way to lower body temperature through the perspiration. The baby is in a period of declining body temperature and generally does not need to be applied with a cold towel or a hot towel. Just let your baby add more water and urinate more to release excess heat from the body.
Precautions:
1 If the baby continues to heat more than 39 ° C, no matter how late, parents should promptly send the child to the hospital for medical treatment, so as not to delay the disease.
2 When the baby is sweating a lot, parents should help the child to sweat in time, use a warm towel, don’t use the fan to help the baby sweat, which will only lead to aggravation.
3 During the illness, the baby is prone to repeated fever, so parents don’t have to worry too much. Just pay attention to keeping the child warm, hydrating, and taking medicine on time.