Management of a newborn baby's fever

Management 

of a newborn baby's

 fever:

A newborn baby has fever if the temperature is above 99 degree Fahrenheit (99°F). In the case of high body temperature of a baby during summer, verify in the following manner whether this is due to the body being overdressed or does it really have fever.

• Unwrap the baby and take off its cap.
• Ventilate the room too, to cool the baby.
• Ask the mother to start breastfeeding.
• If there is a source of extra heat (like a fire) in the room, put it out.
• Wait for thirty minutes and take the body temperature once again.

Note: If the body temperature returns to normal, it means the body is warmed due to warm weather so the body does not have to keep covered with additional cloth or kept wrapped.

        If the temperature is still above normal after the above measures have been taken, contact with a doctor.

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