What Causes Fever in Children?

Fever in infants and children is caused by various things, Such as lack of fluids (dehydration), lack of rest or increased metabolism, and infection. In children because the immune system is still developing, Often infected and have a fever. Infection alone can be caused by various microorganisms such as viral, bacterial, and others.

In viral infection, the body is expected to produce certain antibodies according to the infection and heal itself. Some of the most frequent infections in Indonesia are dengue fever and thypoid fever,
Where both of these diseases manifest after a few days. 

In your child's case, keep in mind when your child has a fever?

Is the fever suddenly high or rising slowly?

Whether accompanied by other symptoms such as cough, colds, diarrhea or other symptoms?

Overcoming fever can be by:

• 1. Rest the child
• 2. Give the child a lot of drinking
• 3. compress the forehead, neck, chest, armpit with warm water to lower the fever
• 4. Put on a thin shirt
• 5. administer a fever-reducing (paracetamol) 6x / day dose to help reduce fever (temperature> 37.5 degrees C)

What to watch out for in case of fever in children is the possibility of seizures. Seizures Fever can occur in those who have a genetic or offspring of a seizure when small and the fever temperature is too high. This can be prevented by the things we mentioned above. If in the way above your child's fever still lasts (within 2-3 days), consult a doctor. If the fever has occurred for more than 3 days then it is worth exploring further the cause.

Thus the information we can convey about fever in infants and children, may be useful.