How to quickly cool down a fever of 39 degrees

Children's fever is either caused by colds or tonsillitis. In short, it is common for children to have a fever. Generally speaking, physical cooling can be used for fevers below 38.5 degrees, and drugs can be considered for cooling when the fever is above 38.5 degrees. So how to reduce the temperature of a child with a fever of 39 degrees?

When a child has a fever of 39 degrees, parents can use the following physical methods to reduce fever:

1. Cold compress or ice pillow: When the child's body temperature is 38.5℃, put a medical ice pack on the forehead, both sides of the neck, under the armpits and both sides of the groin. To make a medical ice pack yourself, put crushed ice into the packaging bag, add appropriate cool water, press out the gas, and seal the bag. Or let the child sleep with an ice pillow, which is conducive to the heat dissipation of the baby's heat pipe. But be sure to pay attention to the need to wrap a layer of cloth outside the medical ice pack to prevent partial freezing of the baby's skin. Generally, cold compresses and ice pillows are only suitable for slightly older babies, and for babies under 6 months old, they can use the anti-fever patches currently on the market to relieve some of the discomfort caused by high fever.

2. Warm and wet compress: This is also a good method, that is, apply a large cotton towel that has been air-dried at a warm temperature to the baby's chest and abdomen, but pay attention to the indoor temperature to prevent cold. In addition, you can also use a few slightly cool wet cotton towels (about 25℃) to knead and air-dry, and put them on the baby's forehead, neck, armpits and inner thighs to apply ice, and change them every 5 to 7 minutes. The baby will also feel very comfortable.

3. Medicine: When the child has a fever of 39 degrees, parents should use medicine in addition to physical fever reduction. The best choice of baby fever medicine is antipyretic suppository. This suppository is inserted through the anus and is mainly absorbed by the duodenum, and the actual effect is relatively rapid. However, it should be noted that the use of antipyretic suppositories has a strong fever-reducing effect, and it is easy to reduce fever too much, causing a sharp drop in body temperature. In addition, after the medicine repeatedly irritates the anus, it is easy to cause diarrhea in babies.