What kind of body temperature in children need to shoot down
Health / / December 19, 2019
Infectious disease physician Eugene wrote Shcherbina Facebook the post of when it actually costs to give the child antipyretic drugs. Layfhaker publishes an article with the consent of the author.
Eugene Sherbina
Infectious disease physician at Children's Medical Center, "Mom doctor."
The eternal question: at what all the same temperature, it is necessary to give antipyretic? Each doctor has his own point of reference: one 38, one 38.5, some advised strictly to wait at least 39 degrees and only then bring down the temperature.
But rationally whether to use antipyretics, based only on the performance of a thermometer?
No, this is wrong. The fact that there is no convincing evidence that nesbivanie heat leads to rapid recovery, or excessively high temperature with infection could harm body.
Body temperature above 41,5-42 degrees can really cause irreparable harm, but it is almost never rises to such figures on a background of an infectious disease, which is quite logical, otherwise such a body would simply not have survived in the evolution. This temperature may be in the background of heat stroke or a rare brain tumor, but certainly not on the background of mucus or diarrhea.
It is therefore not the temperature elevation, and human well-being is an indication to the reception antipyretic that is written in modern protocols for management of children with high fever. One of these protocols by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence UK and I quote:
- It is recommended the use of paracetamol or ibuprofen in cases where children with high temperatures impair the general condition of the body.
- Do not use antipyretics only to reduce body temperature in children with fever at the general state of undisturbed!
Understood? Dangerous disease itself, rather than the height of the body temperature!
With commonplace roseola temperature can reach up to 41 degrees, and the hardest meningococcal infection can occur at low background 38 degrees. Therefore, if the doctor put the diagnosis of mild, harmless infection and you were treated at home, you can give antipyretic already at 37 degrees, if the child is bad and absolutely easy to watch him and otpaivat if he has 39, but he jumps around the house or just calm myself sleeps.