16 common reasons why children have a fever

Post was professionally consulted with Level II Specialist Doctor Trinh Minh Chau with 21 years of experience in Pediatrics in Ho Chi Minh City, especially respiratory diseases. Dr. Chau currently has a working schedule at Tran Cao Van Clinic on Thursday mornings and at Vinmec Central Park Hospital on Saturday mornings (weekly).

There are many causes of fever in infants such as teething, measles, dengue fever, etc. Parents need to understand the reasons that can cause fever in children to have appropriate treatment.

Teething: Teething babies may have a mild fever, fussiness, trouble sleeping, and loss of appetite. Vaccination: After being vaccinated with some vaccines such as typhoid, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, etc., children may also have fever, heatstroke or common colds. Over-dressing: Over-dressing a child can cause body temperature to rise because the child's thermoregulatory function is not yet complete Colds and flu: This is one of the most common causes in children em. In addition to fever, children also have symptoms of sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose, sore throat, and cough. Pneumonia: Pneumonia is a dangerous disease in infants. Children with pneumonia may have the following signs: high fever, rapid breathing, wheezing, cough, vomiting, loss of appetite, lethargy, lethargy. Ear infections: Children may have a high fever, tinnitus, ear pain, ear discharge, irritability, and loss of appetite. Typhus: Children usually have a high fever for about 3-7 days, then the fever goes away and starts to develop a rash all over the body. Dengue fever: The child has a high fever continuously for more than 3 days, then the child's fever decreases and the body appears hemorrhagic spots, bleeding teeth, nose blood,... Dengue fever in newborns is a dangerous disease. Parents need to closely monitor the child, when detecting abnormal signs, immediately take the child to the hospital. Measles: When children have measles, they often have a high fever continuously with a lot of cough, runny nose, red eyes. The rash then appears on the face and gradually spreads to the legs and arms. Urinary tract infection: The child has signs of hematuria, painful urination or urinary incontinence with fever Sepsis: When a child has sepsis, the child may have a high fever continuously, cannot eat, vomit, lethargy, lethargy, rapid pulse, rapid breathing,... Sepsis is a dangerous disease, parents need to take their children to medical facilities for timely diagnosis and treatment. Meningitis : The child has fever with bulging fontanelle, stiff neck, sensitivity to light, vomiting. Malaria: Children with malaria often have less of the typical malaria episodes than adults (chills, fever and sweating). Children often have the following symptoms: persistent fever, with or without accompanied by chills, sometimes just chills, fatigue, headache Typhoid: Children with typhoid often have high fever continuously for more than 5 days, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, accompanied by diarrhea or constipation. Often welding can lead to many dangerous complications such as gastrointestinal bleeding, intestinal perforation, so when a child is suspected of having typhoid, it is necessary to immediately take the child to the hospital for examination and treatment. Tuberculosis: Children with TB often have low-grade fever in the afternoon, anorexia, weight loss, cough, hemoptysis, and do not respond to common antibiotics.

Strengthen children's resistance: Add a variety of vitamins, especially vitamin C. Build a reasonable diet: Give children adequate food, including protein, starch, fat and fiber. For children to vaccinate: Children need to be vaccinated with full and scheduled vaccines to prevent diseases such as measles, chickenpox, mumps,... Let children sunbathe but should not expose them to sunlight. too long in the sun. Keep children clean: parents need to wash their hands before handling children or preparing food for children. Personal hygiene for clean children Isolating children from disease sources: It is necessary to limit children's contact with sick people because children's resistance is still very immature, susceptible to attack by pathogens Keeping surroundings clean Around: Houses, utensils, and toys that are not clean are the reasons why children are susceptible to diseases. It is necessary to clean the ventilated environment, clean bottles, channels around the house or spray medicine to avoid the risk of dengue fever.

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