What is the normal temperature of premature infants?

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Children are the flesh of their parents' hearts. They don't know how to deal with the pain. When something goes wrong, they are particularly flustered. Especially for the first time parents. When my son was born last winter, he was premature for more than ten days, and his constitution was relatively poor. I was afraid that he would catch cold, so I put on thick clothes for him, and I didn't dare to go outside to play. I often stayed in the house, because the electric heating fan was on, which was relatively warm. But my son is still not worried. He often makes trouble inexplicably. When he takes a temperature, it's always between 37 and 37.5 degrees. I'm so scared. Let's take a look at the following.

What is the normal temperature of premature infants?

First: babies born after less than 37 weeks of pregnancy belong to preterm infants. Preterm infants have poor physique and are difficult to care for. This is a test for parents. However, as long as they are properly cared, preterm infants will grow up healthily, which is no different from ordinary children.

Second: under normal circumstances, the baby's base temperature is between 36.9 and 37.5 degrees. Generally, when the body temperature exceeds 1 ℃ above the basic body temperature, it can be said to be a fever. According to what you said, the baby's highest temperature only reaches 37 ℃ 5, which should not be considered a fever, so you should worry about it.

Third: many parents are worried about their children's fever. In fact, fever is an immune action of the human body. It may be that there is inflammation somewhere in the body. Sometimes incorrect nursing can also cause fever in the baby. It's because you love your children too much, use the electric fan and cover them so thick. It's not good for your children at all.

matters needing attention

Even if the child has a fever, no more than 38 degrees 5, try not to give him antipyretic drugs, antipyretic eat too much, can lead to the decline of white blood cells in the blood, serious will appear obstacle anemia. At this time to feed more water, keep indoor air ventilation.