Question
Can the baby still take fever-reducing granules if she has a fever of 39.2°C?
Answer
Based on your description, the one-year-old baby has a cold with a fever of 39.2°C. If the body temperature is below 38.5°C, it is recommended to consider taking fever-reducing medicine as it has no adverse effects on the baby’s body. Generally, the fever should subside within half an hour, and the maximum number of doses within 24 hours should not exceed four. If the body temperature is below 38.5°C, there is no need to take fever-reducing medicine. Alternative methods include using fever-reducing patches, physical cooling methods, and drinking plenty of warm water. Additionally, rinsing the baby’s entire body with warm water is also an effective way to cool down, with each rinse lasting more than ten minutes and monitoring the temperature changes, and drinking plenty of warm water.