How to treat low fever_What to do with low fever

When it comes to fever, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely fever reduction. However, if the fever does not meet the standard for taking medicine, the doctor will not prescribe antipyretics, so physical cooling can only be adopted. Most patients with low-grade fever can only be cooled physically. Some people also understand low-grade fever as a body temperature lower than that of normal people. This situation is more dangerous. So how should low-grade fever be treated?

Low-grade fever is something that has happened to many people in life. Low-grade fever means that the human body temperature is lower than the normal low temperature, which will bring special discomfort to people. Sometimes, the first thing people think of when they have a low-grade fever is to go to the hospital for an IV drip. In fact, there are more than just such methods. Sometimes you can solve the problem by yourself. Today I will introduce to you the solution to low-grade fever.

The normal body temperature of a person is generally 35.8 to 37.4 degrees Celsius. Under normal circumstances, a normal person's body temperature should not be higher than 37.5℃. If the temperature is often above 37.3℃, it is a low fever. According to body temperature conditions, fever is divided into: low fever: 37.3~38℃; moderate fever: 38.1~39℃; high fever: 39.1~41℃; hyperpyrexia: above 41℃.

symptom

Hypothermia is a body temperature that exceeds normal but is below 38°C. The low fever referred to in traditional Chinese medicine also includes a situation in which the patient subjectively feels hot in the palms and soles and hot in the chest, but the body temperature is not higher than normal. Common manifestations include night heat and morning coolness, or night fever, hot flashes in the afternoon, hot palms and soles, and bone steaming fever, often accompanied by weight loss, fatigue, weakness, poor appetite, irritability, red tongue with little coating, and a thin and rapid pulse.

Often accompanied by symptoms and signs such as weight loss, fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, irritability, red tongue with little coating, and weak pulse

Physical cooling

Method 1: Warm and wet compress

Applying warm water can also help dissipate heat, and it is very easy to do.

Specific steps:

1. Prepare warm water, the hot water temperature should be around 30℃.

2. Undress the baby, wet the towel, and rub the baby's body up and down with the warm water towel.

3. Change towels every 10-15 minutes.

Method 2: Ice compress

Heat is mainly transferred through the exchange of heat between ice placed in large blood vessels throughout the body and the flowing blood. At the same time, it can reduce the oxygen consumption of brain cells, delay brain cell damage, and is beneficial to the body's microcirculation.

Specific steps:

1. Put the homemade ice cubes just taken out of the refrigerator into a plastic bag, tie it tightly, put it in 23 layers to prevent leakage, and then wrap a towel on the outside.

2. Apply ice packs to the back of the head, forehead, armpits, neck, groin and other places where large blood vessels pass.

3. Change it every 5-10 minutes until the high fever drops.

Tips:

1. Wrap a layer of cloth around the ice bag to prevent local skin frostbite. If you experience shivering, chills, blue face, or purple skin, stop using the product immediately.

2. However, special attention should be paid to avoid touching the scrotum area with the ice pack.

3. Use the prepared ice bag as an ice pillow, which has a good cooling effect.

Method 3: Use a cooling patch

Cooling patches, which are popular in Europe and the United States, have now become a common cooling product in Chinese families. When a child has a fever, just stick one on the forehead or other areas where large blood vessels run to achieve the effect of physical cooling. The reason why the cooling patch can play a cooling effect is mainly because it contains high-molecular hydrogel, which uses physical principles to concentrate heat into the gel, and then takes away the heat through water vaporization, thereby assisting in local cooling to reduce fever. In addition, some natural medicines contained in cooling patches, such as mint and borneol, also have a certain cooling effect.

Specific steps:

1. Tear open the packaging bag along the notch, take out the patch, peel off the transparent film, and apply the gel surface directly to the forehead or temple, or to the Dazhui point on the neck.

2. Apply 13 times a day, each patch can be used continuously for 8 hours.

Tips:

1. After using the cooling patch, if the body temperature remains above 38.5℃ and does not drop, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

2. Avoid applying the patch on your hair, eyebrows, wounds, eyes or any abnormal areas of your skin.