Question
A one-year-old child was scalded by hot water last night, causing the skin to break, and was treated and bandaged at the hospital. This morning, the child has a slight fever of about 38.5 degrees. Is this a normal situation?
Answer
Based on your description, fever is a symptom of many diseases, and simply cooling down does not mean the disease has been cured. It is necessary to treat the root cause of the fever to truly cool down. When the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees, you can use fever-reducing medication or drugs like ibuprofen for treatment; if the temperature is below 38.5 degrees, you can use frequent warm water sponge baths or apply fever-reducing patches to the forehead to lower the temperature, which helps protect the brain from high temperatures.