Children with fever should be taken to the doctor within 24 hours if they have the following symptoms:

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The article was professionally consulted by Doctor Nguyen Thai Ngoc Chau - Neonatologist - Pediatrics - Neonatology Department - Vinmec Phu Quoc International General Hospital.
Most fevers are caused by a viral infection, so your child's fever will clear up on its own and return to normal after a few days. However, parents should take their children to a doctor within 24 hours if they have the following symptoms.

1. What to do when a child has a fever?

In children, fever is one of the most common clinical signs in many different diseases during childhood. Sometimes fever also occurs due to the direct impact from the outside environment such as the weather is too hot, parents warm the child too carefully, the child has a fever after vaccination ...
Parents should measure the temperature of the child. Children to determine current fever status:
When the temperature is between 37.5 - 38.5 degrees Celsius, it is a mild fever. When the temperature is between 38.5 - 39 degrees Celsius, it is a moderate fever. When the temperature is 39-40 degrees Celsius is high fever. When the temperature is 40 degrees Celsius or higher, the fever is very high.

When determining that a child has a fever, parents should have basic knowledge of how to properly care for the child. Parents should:
Dress the child in loose clothes to relieve the body's heat, or just take off some clothes. Monitor temperature every 4 hours and give your child plenty of fluids to drink. Let the child lie in a cool place, reduce the temperature in the room. Give your child fever-reducing medicine when it exceeds 38.5 degrees Celsius. Wipe the child cool with warm water, using 5 small wet towels: 4 wet towels placed on both armpits and groins, one towel used to wipe the whole body. Change every 2-3 minutes. Stop wiping when the child's temperature is below 38.5 degrees Celsius or after 30 minutes of wiping. Dry and put your baby back in light clothes. Parents can bathe their children with warm water. Use warm water that is 2 degrees Celsius lower than the baby's body temperature. Give children plenty of water to drink, especially fresh fruit juice or oresol electrolyte water mixed according to instructions to prevent dehydration, electrolyte disturbances causing fatigue.

2. When should a child with a fever go to the doctor within 24 hours?

Children with fever should see a doctor within 24 hours if they have the following symptoms:
Children under 2 months of age have a fever above 38 degrees Celsius, the child is lethargic, sleepy or difficult to wake the child. Children 2 to 4 months of age (unless fever occurs within 48 hours of vaccination and the child has no other severe symptoms). Fever over 40 degrees Celsius (especially for children under 3 years old). Child has pain while urinating. Fever that persists for more than 24 hours with no apparent cause. Fever subsides for more than 24 hours and then the fever recurs. Fever lasting more than 72 hours from any cause.

3. Things to avoid when caring for a child with a fever

Do not keep warm, wear many layers of clothes when the child has a fever. Do not use ice cold water to cool down your child's fever. Do not squeeze a lemon into your child's mouth. Do not mix alcohol, alcohol or vinegar into water to cool the child. Absolutely do not use Aspirin to reduce fever because it can cause brain damage (Reye's syndrome). Avoiding the impatient mentality, it is necessary to give the child a quick fever reduction, but give the child an antipyretic drink while inserting the anus at the same time because it will cause an overdose. When the child is having a seizure, do not pull the hair or pat the young person because it will cause the child to get sick. more excitability and convulsions. In case the child has used fever-reducing medicine, actively wiping ... but still does not cool down, parents should take the child to the nearest medical facility for more appropriate treatment by a doctor. The above are basic knowledge about properly caring for children when they have a fever at home, as soon as they encounter the symptoms mentioned above, parents need to take the child to a medical facility for examination and timely treatment. time to avoid dangerous complications. Children at any stage are very susceptible to diseases that cause mild fever and high fever. The pediatric department at Vinmec International General Hospital is the address for receiving and examining diseases that infants and young children are susceptible to: viral fever, bacterial fever, otitis media, pneumonia in children. With a system of facilities, modern medical equipment, sterile space, minimizing the impact as well as the risk of disease spread, Vinmec will bring satisfaction to customers. and is highly appreciated by industry experts with:
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