How does child scald have a fever to do?

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The main reason for children's fever after burn is that children's thermoregulatory center is not fully developed. The process of burn and scald, dressing change operation, may stimulate and lead to the rise of body temperature. The second reason is that the wound is deep, and the necrotic tissue causes fever when it dissolves the scab. Thirdly, children are prone to cry when changing dressing. On the one hand, crying makes the upper respiratory tract flush with blood, which is easy to infect. On the other hand, children will sweat, which makes them easy to catch cold when they are cold and hot outside. Let's take a look at the following.

How does child scald have a fever to do?

First: children with fever after burns, to identify the cause. If it is a fever caused by Shanggan, it is necessary to treat the cold; If it is a fever caused by more necrotic tissue, it is necessary to strengthen the dressing change, when appropriate, external use of anti infective drugs, or even oral antibiotics or intravenous antibiotics;

Second: children with burns, the larger the area, the deeper the depth, the more likely to have a fever. Outpatient children are often small, but it is also easy to have a fever, which is mostly caused by the pain and stimulation when changing dressing, or the crying and cold when changing dressing, according to the above symptomatic treatment.

Third: if it's just a fever caused by stimulation, it's OK to control the body temperature. It's suggested that physical cooling should be given priority to. If the temperature exceeds 38.5 ℃, it can be treated with anti fever drugs such as Merrill Lynch.

matters needing attention

The family must take the child to the hospital as soon as possible. And in this case, absolutely can't give the child any medicine or articles.