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Babies basically have no ability to take care of themselves, and they can only grow up with the care of parents. But this process is not easy at all, parents need to withstand many tests. One of the tests is fever in infants and young children. Because of their low resistance,
is prone to fever. Once the fever starts, it is basically unable to heal itself. At this time, it is the parents who worry the most. They often rush into tears when their children have a fever.
is also to prevent babies from catching a cold and fever, and most parents pay special attention to this aspect.
However, I believe many parents have also discovered that when the baby reaches more than 6 months, he will suddenly start a fever for no reason. It's as if they have made some kind of agreement, agreeing that everyone will have a fever every six months. What
makes parents feel at a loss most is that they don’t know where something went wrong that caused the baby to have a fever, fearing that it will happen next time.
In fact, 6 months is the intensive age group for the baby's first fever. Most babies have a sudden fever at 6 months. It is normal. There is no need for parents to panic too much.
However, the reason for their fever is not for no reason. Most of them are caused by the following reasons.
1, infant acute rash
infant acute rash, also known as infant rose rash , is a common disease in infants and young children. And this disease is highly contagious , generally babies will have 7-10 days after being infected. At first, the baby will have a sudden fever, and when the body temperature drops, a rash will develop.
2, low immunity
In the parent's subconscious, it seems that the immunity of the newborn baby is the lowest. With age, the baby's immunity will gradually improve. In fact, within one year of age, there is a curve for the baby's immunity to decline or increase. When
is just born, most of the baby's immunity is brought from the mother, which is equivalent to bringing its own "reserve". However, this reserve of immunity will slowly be consumed as the baby grows. By 6 months, the "reserve immunity" has been almost consumed, and new immune substances have not yet been generated. Until 6 months have passed, new immune substances will gradually be reported and begin to accumulate.
If the baby’s immunity changes in one year after birth are drawn as a line, then this line is U-shaped. And 6 months is the bottom of the U-shape. Since the baby's immunity is at its worst during this period, it is easy to catch a cold and fever.
3, the baby's range of activities increases.
Newborn babies basically lie in the swaddling, cradle every day, except for eating and sleeping, and will not touch other things. But the 6-month-old baby can already crawl, he is no longer satisfied with the crib, and turned to explore the wider world. This also means that he will accept more "dangerous sources" as he explores.
has a wider range of activities, and more pathogenic bacteria and viruses, so the possibility of a baby's fever also increases.
So, the baby's immunity is low at 6 months, how should parents prevent him from catching a cold and fever?
Parents can appropriately add other complementary foods on the basis of taking breast milk as their main food to enhance their immunity.
If your baby has a fever, you can take physical cooling (cold towels, antipyretic stickers) at home if it does not exceed 38 degrees. If the fever exceeds 38 degrees or the high fever does not go away, you must go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible!
