How to use alcohol to reduce fever?

Climate change can easily cause people to catch a cold or have a fever. When people have a fever, the first thing they think of is to cool down. If cooling down is not done in time, it will have a great impact on people's health, especially the damage to the brain is the most serious. There are many physical cooling methods. While cooling down, you can go to the hospital for relevant examinations and take antipyretic drugs under the guidance of a doctor.

The correct way to reduce fever with alcohol wipes

Generally, fever is the process of the human body's struggle against disease. Moderate fever is beneficial, but if the fever temperature exceeds 38.5℃, it will cause harm to the human body, so you should pay attention to reducing the fever. There are generally two ways to reduce fever, namely physical cooling and drug cooling.

Drug-induced fever is powerful, and the speed of reducing fever is fast and the effect is good, but it will cause a lot of sweating in the body. It is often used for patients with high fever and good physical fitness.

Alcohol rub bath is suitable for patients with moderate fever or above and weak body. It can take away the body's heat and achieve the cooling effect. The effect of alcohol bath may be slower than that of medication, but it is safer and is a commonly used method of cooling down in clinical practice.

Concentration of alcohol bath

The concentration of alcohol used for wiping is generally 25-30%. If you use 75% medical alcohol, add less than 2 times the amount of water and it can be used. If you don't have medical alcohol at home, you can just use 52-proof liquor and twice the amount of water.

How to use alcohol bath

First, place a cool towel on the patient's head to cool it down. This can prevent the contraction of epidermal blood vessels during the alcohol bath, which would cause blood to concentrate in the head and cause congestion of the brain tissue.

When doing a sponge bath, first wring the cotton ball or gauze dipped in alcohol until it is half dry. Start from one side of the patient's neck, along the outside of the upper arm to the back of the hand, and then from the armpit along the inside of the upper arm to the palm. After wiping, wipe off the alcohol on the skin with a dry towel.

After sponging the other side in the same way, let the patient lie on his side and sponge bathe his back. After wiping the back, start wiping along the outside of the thigh to the instep, then rub from the groin along the inside of the thigh to the sole of the foot.

In order to achieve the best results, the focus of wiping with alcohol should be on the large arteries or areas with rich blood vessels, such as the armpits, elbows, palms, etc. The wiping time can be extended to promote heat dissipation. After wiping, dry the skin with a dry towel and measure the body temperature again after half an hour.

It is best not to choose alcohol bath to wipe the precordial area (which may cause slow heart rate or arrhythmia), abdomen (which may cause diarrhea), back of the neck, soles of the feet (which may cause transient coronary artery constriction) and other areas, so as to avoid causing adverse reactions.

What are the methods to reduce fever?

Maintain good ventilation in your home

If your home has air conditioning, maintain the room temperature between 25~27℃. You can place the child in an air-conditioned room or blow an electric fan around him to slowly lower his body temperature, which will make the child feel more comfortable. But if the limbs are cold and the patient is shivering violently, it means that the patient needs warmth, so he should be covered with a blanket.

Remove excess clothing

If your baby's limbs, hands and feet are warm and he is sweating all over, it means he needs to dissipate heat and he can wear less clothes.

Warm water bath

Undress the baby and rub the whole body with a warm water (37℃) towel. This will dilate the blood vessels in the baby's skin and release body qi. In addition, when water vapor evaporates from the body surface, it will also absorb body heat.

Sleeping ice pillow

It helps to dissipate heat, but it is not recommended for younger children because it is difficult for them to turn their bodies and the ice pillow can easily cause local overcooling or hypothermia. You can also use a cooling patch. When the water in the gelatinous substance of the cooling patch evaporates, it can take away the heat and will not cause excessive cooling.

Take a warm bath

Taking a warm bath is more conducive to the baby's heat dissipation, and the water temperature should be adjusted at around 27-37℃. If taking a bath is inconvenient, a warm water sponge bath is also a very effective way to reduce fever.

Hot water foot bath

You can soak your feet in warm water at a temperature of about 40°C, and the water should cover your ankles. Rubbing the feet helps dilate blood vessels and relieve the discomfort caused by fever.