Question
The child started to feel ill two days ago, with the main symptom being a persistent high fever. They have been treated at a health station for two days.
Answer
You can first use alcohol sponge baths to reduce the fever, and then investigate the cause of the fever. There are many reasons for fever, the most common being infection (including various bacterial infections, viral infections, mycoplasma infections, etc.), followed by non-infectious diseases such as connective tissue diseases and malignant tumors. Fever is both beneficial and harmful to the body; during fever, the body’s immune function significantly increases, which helps to eliminate pathogens and determine the cause of the illness.