How does child have a fever detect?

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Recently, it's hot. There are many children with cold and fever in the hospital. Many children's families will consult the outpatient pharmacist about how to judge "whether it's tight" when the baby has a fever? Today, let's talk about the common sense of monitoring fever at home!

How does child have a fever detect?

First, starting from the armpit, relative to the mouth and ears, the armpit is the lowest and on the surface of the skin, so its value is the lowest. The mouth and ears are almost on a physiological level, and their position is higher than the armpit, so the two values are similar, about 0.3-0.5 ℃ higher than the armpit.

Second, because the anus is closest to the inside of the body, the temperature is higher. On the basis of the mouth temperature or ear temperature, add about 0.3-0.5 ℃.

Third: but it is far from enough to judge the severity of the disease only from the temperature value. Most of the fever is caused by virus infection, and it does not need to be treated in the hospital, just need to be treated at home. Hospital gathered a lot of sick children, more likely to cause mutual infection.

matters needing attention

Fever accompanied by mental depression, drowsiness, abnormal irritability, pale or even blue complexion, continuous crying, crying powerlessness, and rapid breathing (6? 12 months: respiratory rate > 50 times / min; Over 1 year old: respiratory rate > 40 times / min), dyspnea or uneven, nasal flapping, etc;