Elevated low-grade fever (causeswhich can be completely different) is often found in children, and this is one of the most common reasons that parents turn to a doctor. Subfebrile body temperature is not always a disease. It is rather a signal that indicates to parents and pediatricians that a more serious disease may be present.
При субфебрильной температуре ребёнок может быть hot on touch, or, conversely, the skin can be cool and moist. Breathing and pulse are rapid, the child is sluggish, capricious. Any temperature above 37 ° C is elevated.
К числу симптомов, при которых появляется subfebrile temperature in children include cough, inflammation in the nasopharynx, otitis media, dyspeptic phenomena accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea, skin rashes in children's infections, dysuric phenomena, neck stiffness. All of the above symptoms, indicate the presence of any disease (viral, autoimmune or bacterial).
Subfebrile temperature, the reasons for its appearance,the appearance of the child and other symptoms are of great importance for assessing the severity of the disease by the doctor. How much the temperature is raised is not always an indicator of a serious illness. Parents need to know the specifics of the child's response to the disease. Sometimes a child never looks sick and weak at a significantly high temperature, and the other can be exhausted and sluggish at a low-grade temperature. It is very important to know how your child reacts to a fever, so that if necessary, inform the doctor about it.
Subfebrile temperature: causes
Отчего возникает субфебрильная температура?The causes that cause it in children are very diverse. It can be a high ambient temperature, overheating, hot food and drink, warm clothing (not weatherproof), stress, hysteria or any infectious disease. If you think that the subfebrile body temperature did not appear due to a disease, measure it in an hour.
The statistical data show that the subfebrile temperature in children most often appears for the following reasons:
If the child is older than one year, parents canself cope with the heat, which lasts for several hours. The doctor's help is required if the subfebrile temperature passes into the febrile (above 38 deg.) And stays steady at its level if the child's behavior is different from the norm if the child's age is less than a year, if there are previously known chronic diseases that could become aggravated.
However, if the child (however, likeadult) there is a long subfebrile temperature, the causes of which are not clear, self-medication is unacceptable. It is necessary to consult a pediatrician (and other specialists), as well as a full examination, which will result in a diagnosis. Most often these are intracellular infections, autoimmune diseases, helminthic invasion, as well as some internal diseases and tuberculosis.
How correctly to measure temperature?
Для измерения температуры недостаточно просто put a hand on his forehead. Body temperature is necessarily measured with a thermometer. It can be mercury, electronic, or in the form of a strip that changes color depending on the height of the temperature. The temperature is measured in the region of the axilla, on the forehead, in the mouth, the auricle or the anus. Traditionally in Russia, the measurement is performed in the armpit. The most accurate mercury and electronic thermometers. With a mercury thermometer, the measurement is carried out for five minutes, and the electronic one - until the sound signal appears. Normal body temperature is considered to be up to 37 ° C, after it is considered subfebrile. It is subfebrile up to 38 ° C. It should be borne in mind that the temperature value during the day varies.
Help at temperature
You need to know that antipyretic drugs,apply when the temperature reaches 38 ° C and above. With smaller values, it is necessary to allow the body to fight the infection itself, since many viruses and bacteria die at elevated temperatures. It is important to identify the cause of the reaction of the organism and prescribe the correct treatment.
