At babies the body temperature very often increases. Parents need to know how quickly to reduce it. In this case it is necessary to have several means in a stock, then it will be possible to neutralize danger quickly.
High temperature is dangerous to the small child. However not all pediatricians advise at once to force down it as consider that the organism has to cope independently. Of course, if she not too high and the child feels normally, then it is not recommended to take actions for its decrease. But when she is higher 38ºC and at the baby the breath is complicated, it is necessary to work immediately, otherwise consequences will be extremely serious.
Medicines
For fall of temperature at the child it is necessary to use medicines. The most popular is "Paracetamol". Here the main thing is correct to calculate a dose not to do much harm to the kid. So, this component contains in such medicines as Panadol, Efferalgan, Taylenol and others. They are the safest febrifugal, and excess of a daily dose of paracetamol will not happen. If temperature needs to be lowered quickly, then the baby should give syrup. When it not too high, for longer effect is better to put a candle.
Paracetamol has an anesthetizing and febrifugal effect, but is absent anti-inflammatory. The efficiency of this medicine is high at viral infections, but at bacterial, it is simply useless. In this case it will be required to give to the kid "Nurofen", it contains a component under the name an ibuprofen. It possesses, except anesthetic and febrifugal, also anti-inflammatory effect. Thanks to this means it will be possible to reduce temperature at viral and bacterial infections. If any medicine does not help, then it is necessary to give means as a part of which there is an analginum, but it only as a last resort as this component is unsafe for a children's organism.
Methods without drugs
To reduce temperature at the baby, sometimes it is not necessary to use drugs. So, if to make air in the room more cool, then it is possible to solve this problem. Here only it should not be lower + 20ºC, otherwise the child can catch a cold. For fall of temperature of a body, it is necessary to give to the kid more and more often to drink. In this case not only water, but also tea with a lemon, raspberry, fruit drink, compote will approach. Also it is necessary to increase humidity indoors, then the inflamed mucous will not dry up, and temperature will gradually decrease. As for clothes of the baby, it has to be easy, you should not wrap up him, it will only aggravate a situation. Besides the child has to lie or sit as at run temperature will increase even more and quicker. For its this time it is necessary to borrow with something.