Teething in children in most cases, accompanied by a number of unpleasant symptoms, in particular, high fever. You can not say that such a phenomenon when teething children appear every time, but it is very often, along with irritability and refusal to eat.
So, what temperature a child has when teething can be considered normal, what should parents do if it rises, and how much does the temperature hold when teething - all this will be covered in this material.
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Symptoms that may occur during teething
The first teeth of the child begin to cut about six months, maybe a little earlier or a little later. This process is accompanied by itching in the gums, profuse salivation, excessive irritability and other symptoms that can last for several days until a tooth erupts.
The most common reactions to teething can be:
- the desire to pull everything in the mouth;
- abundance of saliva;
- a slight increase in temperature during the days of eruption;
- high fever and heat;
- refusal to eat;
- the sluggish condition of the child;
- constant crying and no night sleep.
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There is also a category of children who have dentition almost asymptomatic and painless.
Increased teething temperature
The reasons
When teething, in a place of growth child's tooth Biologically active substances that soften gum tissue start to stand out, and this, in turn, provokes its inflammation. This process negatively affects the immune system child in the mouth, so there is a risk of attaching a secondary infection and the acquisition of stomatitis or angina. The body reacts to such manifestations by a defensive reaction in the form of a temperature rise of up to 37.5 degrees.
Also, a defensive reaction to the appearance of unwanted microflora in the mouth is salivation, because children's drool contains anti-inflammatory substances and disinfect the oral cavity, especially given that the child pulls into his mouth all the objects at hand, which also contain a huge number of microbes.
What can be the temperature and how many days does it hold on teething?
As mentioned earlier, normal, when teething in children, is considered to be a temperature in the range of 37 degrees. In this case, the child may feel normal. In such cases, it is not necessary to give him antipyretic. Other children, even low temperature readings are not well tolerated.
When the temperature is above 38 degrees, this indicates adherence of infection or inflammation, in such cases the child should be shown to the doctorfor treatment.
Teething temperature should hold for about three days. As a rule, it rises in the late afternoon or at night. If the child does not respond well to the increase, should give him antipyreticso he calmly fell asleep.
But if it lasts longer than three days and shows high rates, while antipyretic no longer helps, urgently need to be examined by a doctor.
Why is high temperature dangerous for a baby?
For children under one year old, body temperature from 39 and above is very dangerous, especially if the child has a disorder in the neurological part, it can cause such symptoms as:
- convulsions;
- cardiopalmus;
- breathing problems.
Convulsions are due to the fact that the baby is still too small and his brain is not yet ripe for such temperature drops. As a rule, in children up to a year, convulsions at high degrees last a few seconds and most often do not pose a health hazard to the babyhowever, they can cause dehydration and exhaustion.
After three years, convulsions in children with temperature jumps are practically not encountered.
Despite the fact that when teething, the baby behaves very restlessly, refuses to breast, does not want to play with your favorite toys, this is all considered normal manifestations when teething. But if he becomes too calm, sleeps a lot, does not react to toys, then you have to worry, this may be the cause of the heat. In such a state, it should measure the temperature every hour and it is possible to use antipyretic drugs.
If you do not have the ability to measure the temperature with a thermometer, then it can be determined by the type of baby. In the heat, his face turns red and his cheeks are “burning”, his lips become dry, and his eyes are moist and red. The skin is hot and dry, often the child can cry and practically does not urinate.
It is worth noting that the temperature increase during teething in children is mainly when baby teeth are being cut, but the eruption of permanent teeth, as a rule, occurs more calmly. The fact is that the body of a small schoolchild is already strong enough for such stress, although sometimes a child may experience discomfort during the eruption of molars and premolars. So, while teething these large teeth the baby may complain of indispositionsometimes the temperature rises due to infection.
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How to reduce the temperature during eruption and when can this be done?
Before you give your baby antipyretic or other means, you must first make sure that the temperature appeared due to the appearance of the tooth, and not another disease. To check this, make the room as comfortable as possible - check it, moisten it, let it drink water, strip it naked and remove the diaper. If the temperature remains the same, it can be lowered by one or another method.
To reduce the temperature of a child in a medical way, use only the means that is acceptable for admission at his age. So, for the smallest Paracetamol is considered the most acceptable means. and drugs based on it:
- Panadol;
- Calpol;
- Efferalgan and others.
If your baby's body temperature is 38.5 degrees or more, he is given one dose or a suppository of the drug, as a rule, relief comes within a couple of minutes.
When paracetamol does not help, you can use drugs based on ibuprofen, for example, Ibuprofen and Nurofen for children, but they should be given to babies, starting from a year.
Nimesulide and preparations based on it, for example, Nimesil or Nice, have a good antipyretic effect. However, their child can be given only on prescription and no longer than three days in a row.
Also, if children have a fever and the baby is too excited and cannot fall asleep, you can give it a quarter of Seduxen's pill - this is a sedative that has a calming effect.
It is categorically not recommended to give children aspirin or analgin-based drugs, since they are extremely toxic and can cause a number of side effects that are often manifested even in adults, what can we say about children.
It is not recommended to prescribe drugs yourself, even the most innocent. Every time it is better to consult a doctor before taking them.Children should take antipyretic with a minimum interval of 5 hours and no longer than three days.
If you do not have the opportunity to consult with your doctor, but the baby has a fever, you can also knock it down with such methods:
- rubbing the skin with a towel, pre-wetted with room water, if the baby is very small, it is enough to just strip and remove the diaper;
- warm shower - recommended for older children;
- drink plenty of water.
However, you should not do everything possible to reduce the temperature to 36.6 degrees. A drop of one or two degrees is enough. Artificial sharp decline is also not recommended.
To bring down the heat in children is not necessary in all cases. So, this can be done if:
- the baby feels bad;
- capricious and constantly crying;
- sleeps badly;
- children up to 6 months who have neurological disorders.
Call a doctor at a high temperature should be when you see the symptoms of a sharp deterioration of the condition:
- if the temperature is above 40 and the antipyretic is no longer helpful;
- convulsions;
- vomiting, rashes and diarrhea with a high body temperature;
- if the temperature lasts more than three days.
What is the difference between elevated teething and other temperature increases?
If the body temperature is high enough and is accompanied by discomfort in the oral cavity, and the child himself is too naughty, drools, his gums swell and he constantly pulls everything to his mouth, but he doesn’t bother him anymore, it means that teething.
But if the fever lasts longer than three days and you notice symptoms uncharacteristic for dental eruption, then it’s not just new teeth. This can speak about infectious diseases that are caused by a decrease in immunity and inflammation. As a rule, when teething temperature can not be too high, but if she nevertheless rose above the permissible rate, it means that you need to call a doctor and find out what the matter is.
Often teething and high temperatures on this background can provoke diarrhea in the baby. This is quite normal, since the child swallows a large amount of saliva, while the stool has an odorless, watery consistency and no additional impurities. If blood clots are found in the stool and diarrhea becomes too frequent, then you need to pay attention to the presence of other diseases in the child.
In the case when antipyretic drugs do not help alleviate the condition, can use physical methods type of contrast shower or rubdown, as well as air baths. Sometimes, with the permission of the doctor, you can give your baby a double dose of medication.
If in this case the temperature does not fall, then you should call the doctor to make a corner with a febrifuge.
As we can see, the temperature in children at the time when they start cut first teeth – the phenomenon is quite normal and there is no need to worry, except for cases of addition of additional symptoms uncharacteristic for this process.
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