Should children with fever wear diapers? Note to take care of children when they have a fever

The article is professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor I Nguyen Thi My Linh - Neonatologist - Pediatrics - Neonatology - Vinmec International General Hospital Da Nang and Resident Doctor, Doctor Nguyen Hung Tien - Resident Doctor of Pediatrics - Neonatology - Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology - Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital.

When a child has a fever as high as 39 - 40 degrees Celsius, parents should not warm their children, should not wear diapers or diapers for their children and should not overheat their children by covering them with blankets.

According to pediatricians, parents need to know essential care skills for their children when they have a fever, specifically as follows:
Should remove blankets and clothes, let the child wear loose clothes to reduce the heat. body temperature, should not use blankets, diapers cause heat, increase temperature, uncomfortable for children when fever.

Give the child plenty of water to drink, lie in open space, monitor the child's temperature every 4 hours. Give your child fever-reducing medicine as prescribed by the doctor. It can be single-agent Paracetamol in sachets, syrups or suppositories. These drugs will be effective in reducing fever after 30 minutes of use, lasting from 4-6 hours, with little side effects for children. Medicines should be used as prescribed by a doctor or pharmacist, not arbitrarily giving drugs to children without indications. Children 5 - 6 months old need to be controlled by parents to control their fever, so that the fever is not too high, which can cause dangerous convulsions. Wipe the body and clean the child with warm water, especially in children with a history of convulsions due to high fever. Parents need to know how to clean a child with a fever by taking off all of the child's clothes, using 5 small towels dipped in warm water, placing 2 under the armpits and 2 sides of the child's crotch, the remaining towel dipped in warm water to wipe all over. young. Warm water will evaporate, dilate blood vessels to cool the baby. Continue doing so until the baby's temperature drops to normal (37 degrees Celsius). Normally, the temperature will drop in about 30 - 45 minutes. If the child protests or fusses, the mother should put the child in a basin of warm water for comfort, clean the groin, armpits and all over the child's body.

Don't over-warm your child, don't wear layers of clothing when your child has a fever. Do not use ice cold water to wipe down a child's fever. Do not mix alcohol, alcohol or vinegar, lemon in water to wipe the child. Absolutely do not use Aspirin to reduce fever because it can cause brain damage. In case the parents take care of and reduce the child's fever by themselves but there are no positive results, they should take the child to the hospital as soon as possible. Especially for children under 6 years old or in the following cases need to bring the child to the hospital:
Fever below 38.5 degrees Celsius but lasts a few days. Temperature fluctuates up and down in the morning, noon, afternoon and evening. Being sick with an abnormally high temperature. Having a fever but having a temperature drop below 36.5 degrees Celsius. Have taken antipyretic drugs according to the doctor's instructions but fever symptoms do not decrease. Children should be vaccinated against fever by vaccination according to the National Immunization Schedule. Besides, parents should adhere to fever prevention measures for children.