Each mom has terrible first time. The first disease of the kid, the first temperature. Most often young mummies to horror are frightened. Calls to girlfriends, relatives and, of course, in ambulance begin. From all directions different councils arrive. However seldom who, strangely enough, will advise not to panic and calm down, and it is the most important.
If your kid for the first time zatemperaturit, for a start calm down, your state is transferred to the baby at once!
Measurement of temperature
It is necessary to understand what temperature at the kid. By the way, it is better to take temperature the good old mercury thermometer, nothing that process will be longer, but the exact result, unlike modern electronic thermometers is guaranteed.
If temperature less than 37 degrees inclusive even if it reaches 37.5, do not worry. For little children such periodic fluctuations are quite admissible. Only periodic! Of course, if at the kid temperature over 37 degrees keeps constantly for several days and the reason of it is unknown, it is necessary to see a doctor.
However it is impossible to force down such temperature any medicines. In general, doctors do not recommend to force down temperature below 38 degrees. The exception is made absolutely by babies and kids with the established serious diseases. In their case it is necessary to force down temperature special medicines immediately as soon as it reaches 37.5 degrees.
The call of the doctor is especially necessary if temperature of the child rose higher than 38 degrees. Even, if such jump - an inoculation consequence about which could warn in advance. In this case it is better to be reinsured and call the doctor or Ambulance once again.
So, at a temperature over 38 degrees it is necessary to call the doctor! For now he did not arrive, we help the kid to cope with great feeling.
How to bring down temperature. First aid
1. Undress the kid and rub off his little body warm water, it is possible to add to it a vinegar droplet. Do not use cold or hot water and alcohol. Such rubdowns can lead to the fact that temperature will increase stronger, and beginning a disease will be aggravated. It is possible not to wipe all body of the baby if it very much not to be pleasant to it, it is enough to moisten some parts: feet, shins, groin, armpits and neck. It is necessary to continue this procedure 15-20 minutes.
2. If together with temperature at the kid the general physical state (began to feel feverish it, the pallor, muscular pain appeared) worsened, immediately give it children's febrifugal. Only attentively study the instruction and observe a dosage according to age and the child's weight. Dress the baby in cotton, light clothes. It is not necessary to undress the kid, the fever can amplify.
3. As often as possible let's the child drink water. If he still receives a breast, put him to a breast more often. To force the child it is not necessary to drink. If the kid refuses water and milk, surely report about it to the doctor.