Child Fever Not Always Need Drugs

Child Fever Not Always Need Drugs

When the child's body temperature rises, parents often panic and hastily took him to the doctor or give him a febrifuge. Though the fever does not always need drugs, sometimes an increase in body temperature can be lowered naturally.

Fever or elevated body temperature is a sign that the body is doing menyerang.Karena resistance to infection, the condition is often said to be a symptom of another disease that actually mainly triggered by bacterial infection.

New research published in the journal Pediatrics said, any high fever will not damage the nerve. Most only trigger sweating in large quantities that it actually accelerate the healing of disease.

Janice Sullivan, MD from the University of Louisville who conducted the study says, bacteria or viruses are also more difficult to breed when body temperature is high. High temperatures increase the activity of the immune system in the lymph glands.

Sullivan said, the only reason to give the drug down the heat is to reduce the sense gelisan and discomfort in children. The disease itself is more suited treated with antibiotics, although sometimes the function of this drug can still be replaced by the immune system.

To reduce hot child naturally is:

   1. Compress the child with regular water, not ice or alcohol because of differences in temperature can make a child's seizures. Make a compress on the forehead, armpits and groin.
   2. Give your child drink lots of fluid.
   3. Put the kids clothes that thin so as not to inhibit the release of heat.


Parents only may panic and immediately took his son to the doctor if the condition is as follows, as quoted from MensHealth.com, Wednesday (03/09/2011).

   1. Body temperature exceeds 38 degrees Celsius for children aged 3-6 months
   2. Body temperature exceeds 39 degrees Celsius for children aged over 6 months
   3. Fever does not go down for 96 hours or 4 days.


If you want to give her medicine down its own heat, make sure the dosage according to age and weight of the child or if you are unsure ask your doctor or pharmacist nearby. Sullivan's research indicates, some parents are giving the drug at a dose that is not appropriate.

The study also says that the real worry is the other symptoms accompanying the fever. Complaints such as severe headaches, dehydration, skin rashes and shortness of breath was more indicates a serious disorder that needs to be sent to the doctor.