How to quickly cool down a child with a fever above 39 degrees Celsius
39 degrees is 39℃. Clinically, there is no advice on how to quickly cool down children with fever above 39°C. Children with fever above 39°C may be related to bacillary dysentery, leukemia and other causes. General treatment, symptomatic treatment and treatment of the cause can be carried out to promote cooling.
1. General treatment
When children have a fever above 39°C, they need to drink more water to replenish the water lost in the body to lower the body temperature. Keep the indoor temperature appropriate, and do not let your children wear too many clothes or cover them with too thick quilts to avoid affecting heat dissipation.
2. Symptomatic treatment
Children can choose drugs to lower their body temperature under the guidance of a doctor, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, indomethacin, etc.
3. Treat the cause
If the fever is 39°C caused by bacillary dysentery, drugs can be used to inhibit bacterial infection as directed by the doctor, such as ceftriaxone sodium, cefaclor, amoxicillin, etc. If it is caused by leukemia, you need to use drugs as directed by your doctor to eliminate a large number of leukemia cells, such as cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, vincristine, etc. At the same time, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is required to control the progression of the disease.
