As a parent, it can be worrying if your child is experiencing pain or a high temperature. While it’s not pleasant to witness your child struck down with fever, it’s important to remember that it is very common in young children, with 20 to 40% of parents reporting feverish illness each year.
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Ensuring your child has the most appropriate treatment available to relieve their symptoms can be the key to helping them feel better, allowing you all to enjoy family time once again.
If fever does strike, there are a few simple steps which you can take to help ease your child’s discomfort:
Offer fluids regularly: Be sure to replace your child’s fluids lost through sweating or a runny nose. Fluids help the body tackle infection, so make sure your child drinks water, or 100% juice, and if possible eats clear soups to get the liquids they need.
Medicine: Giving your child pain relief such as ibuprofen will ease discomfort and help to bring down a fever. Ibuprofen, the main ingredient in Nurofen for Children, has anti-inflammatory properties and provides relief from pain and fever as well as helping to treat the symptoms of cold and flu and a wide range of aches and pains in children.
Rest: Rest helps the body focus its energy on getting well, so keep your child has plenty of rest to help aid their recovery.
Use a humidifier: Placing a humidifier in your child's room can keep the air moist and reduce any nasal and chest congestion.
Nurofen for Children prides itself on a well-established safety profile and is suitable for children aged three months (weighing more than 5kg) up to 12 years, which means you can feel confident in treating your child.
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