{"id":283,"date":"2026-08-30T05:43:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/2026\/08\/30\/the-right-way-to-handle-a-childs-fever-at-home\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T05:43:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:43:38","slug":"the-right-way-to-handle-a-childs-fever-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/2026\/08\/30\/the-right-way-to-handle-a-childs-fever-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Way to Handle a Child&#8217;s Fever at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fever occurs when a child&#8217;s body temperature reaches 38 degrees Celsius or higher. This is generally a sign that the body is fighting an infection, for example one caused by a virus. Use a thermometer to measure temperature accurately, because feeling with your hand is often inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>When your child has a fever, offer fluids more often, whether breast milk, water, or soup broth, to prevent dehydration. Dress your child in thin, comfortable clothing and let them rest. A warm-water compress can help with comfort, but avoid cold-water or alcohol compresses. Fever-reducing medication should be given as advised by a doctor and adjusted to your child&#8217;s body weight.<\/p>\n<p>Take your child to a health facility right away if a baby under three months old has a fever, the fever lasts more than three days, or your child has a seizure, has difficulty breathing, is very weak or hard to wake, refuses to drink, urinates rarely, or develops a purplish rash that does not fade when pressed.<\/p>\n<p>If you are unsure about your little one&#8217;s condition, Mom, consult a pediatrician promptly, for example through DokterIN, to get the right guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fever is a child&#8217;s body&#8217;s natural response to fighting infection. Learn how to care for a feverish child at home and the danger signs that mean you should see a doctor right away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_dps_reviewed_by":"","_dps_reviewed_by_url":"","_dps_reviewed_by_new_tab":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mother-child"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.dokterin.co.id\/artikel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}