How to comfort our infant with fever?
Our child has 5 months now. He got vaccinated and got fever this evening. His temperature increased to 101.5 °F (38.6 °C). We have given him the medicine that his pediatrician suggested. But we wonder what extra care that we can take him to get down the fever.
In addition to the doctor's specific instructions (the medicine), is there anything we can do to make our child comfortable and speed his recovery?
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First, you need to discuss this with a qualified medical professional, not get advice from a bunch of random strangers on Internet.
Having said that, 3 main things:
The MAIN potential cause of problems in a young child when feverish is dehydration. So hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Milk. Or Pedialyte if you have that sold. Or even water.
Fever itself is NOT considered dangerous unless above 104 °F (40 °C) (I even saw 107 °F (41.7 °C) figures in some places). So there's no great need to take special steps to specifically bring down the child's temperature, like iuprofen or other such medicine.
If you wish the child to be comforted, warm water sponge bath helps. And make sure they are in well aired area, NOT swaddled in hot cloths. You want air circulation to cool them down, not hot cloths to keep the heat in.
Further references:
www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/treat-symptoms-12/cold-flu-dehydration-child umm.edu/health/medical/ency/articles/fever www.emedicinehealth.com/fever_in_children/page6_em.htm
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