All About HFMD
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atrecord:
Thank you atrecord.Sorry to hear that. It's a bad experience... my DD got it when she was into her third week at CCC years back. While we were warned that CCCs are a breeding ground for germs and kids fall sick easily and frequently when there, we were not prepared for HFMD...
Ice cream is good. Get those milky ones so at least he gets some nutrition. DD then would rather starve than eat. it was only until her stomach really growl then she'll force herself to down half bot of milk... like once or at most twice a day...
Take good care of him.
This CCC always have very good record of HFMD past few years & my DD1 never get it. Never know that DS2 will get it. I think the CCC will have a lot of cleaning to do now. -
BlurBee:
Hang in there, BlurBee. Hopefully the fever's not too bad. Don't know if it really works, but I have two water pillows from Guardian for my son to sleep on if he has a fever. We keep interchanging when one heats up.
Ya hor, didn't think of making the yakult/vitagen ice cubes. Make some ice cubes using the milk formula but he doesn't want.
So far for today he only took 160ml of FM when he woke up.
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Blobbi:
Hang in there, BlurBee. Hopefully the fever's not too bad. Don't know if it really works, but I have two water pillows from Guardian for my son to sleep on if he has a fever. We keep interchanging when one heats up.
Thank you Blobbi.
Luckily his fever is not too bad. We have some cool packs but he doesn't like it. -
BlurBee:
Think most kids will not take well to the cool packs. Mine screamed like they were whacked whenever we had to do that to them.Thank you Blobbi.
Luckily his fever is not too bad. We have some cool packs but he doesn't like it.
Then again, I once attended a talk by a pediatrician from KK that cool packs do not really work, and neither will the age-old method of covering the kids with thick clothes and blankets hoping that they will sweat (the latter might even make it really bad...).
A better way to help them lose some body heat when fever really goes beyond 39C is to sponge them using slightly wet cloth (warm water). Be very sure that the room is not cold or windy though, as while sponging helps the hot body to lose heat, if the body is wet and there is wind blowing, the body sensor will detect it to be that it is very cold outside and the body should generate more heat to counter this (exactly the same principle as when even healthy adult will shiver in the cold - to generate heat by movement of muscles) effect. If that happens, the body temp may go up even more... -
atrecord:
A better way to help them lose some body heat when fever really goes beyond 39C is to sponge them using slightly wet cloth (warm water). Be very sure that the room is not cold or windy though, as while sponging helps the hot body to lose heat, if the body is wet and there is wind blowing, the body sensor will detect it to be that it is very cold outside and the body should generate more heat to counter this (exactly the same principle as when even healthy adult will shiver in the cold - to generate heat by movement of muscles) effect. If that happens, the body temp may go up even more...
Thank you for the info. Always use ice water to sponge them thinking this will bring down the fever. Will use warm water next time. -
My DS had a few encounters of over 40 kind high fever when he was younger. I was told to give shower and leave hair wet to cool the head, then he would be dressed in just briefs/diapers.
It really works in making son more comfy. -
BlurBee:
Thank you for the info. Always use ice water to sponge them thinking this will bring down the fever. Will use warm water next time.
wah... cannot arrh... the reason why sponging helps is because it leaves a thin film of water (should not be above body temp) on the skin, which when evaporates, will bring heat (from the body) with it, thus reducing the temp not too drastically.
if use ice water, yes, the temp difference is larger, but it might trigger the body as explained eariler, to produce heat to counter this sudden coldness. -
auntieM:
This is the extreme measure taken when it's really close to emergency.My DS had a few encounters of over 40 kind high fever when he was younger. I was told to give shower and leave hair wet to cool the head, then he would be dressed in just briefs/diapers.
It really works in making son more comfy.
Have you ever heard of the treatment for someone who has heat stroke? Remove the clothes and put inside a water tank to bring body heat down as much and as quickly as possible.
In any case, do not let him catch a cold so ensure got no wind when he finishes... -
Yup atrecord,
At 40-41 degrees that's why no choice. DS didn't have to go through all that for a long while now
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auntieM:
DD had touched 40.3C before and it was indeed worrying. We have by now become quite seasoned. At 38.5C we'll give bifen (betw 37 and 38.5 we just give paracetamol). If however, we missed the 38.5C part and only detected the spike when it exceeded 39C (which normally happened when kids are asleep), we'll give suppository immediately as it is much faster in bringing down the temp.Yup atrecord,
At 40-41 degrees that's why no choice. DS didn't have to go through all that for a long while now
If temp is slow in coming down after giving either bifen or suppository, then we'll supplement by sponging.
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