Can I use alcohol to wipe my palms when I have a fever?

Fever and colds are common symptoms in life. When a patient has a fever, the body temperature should be measured and monitored in time. If the temperature does not exceed 38.5 degrees, physical methods can be used to reduce the temperature. For example, you can use alcohol to wipe the palms of your hands. It should be noted here that you must use medical alcohol, preferably 75% medical alcohol. In addition to wiping the palms of your hands with alcohol, you can also use a warm towel to wipe the front and back of your chest, etc.

Can I use alcohol to wipe my palms when I have a fever?

If you have a high fever, you can use alcohol to rub the palms of your hands to achieve a physical cooling therapeutic effect. It is recommended to conduct a routine blood test. Generally, anti-inflammatory, heat-clearing and detoxifying, antipyretic, symptomatic and other drug treatments can be adopted.

How to reduce fever physically in children

1. Drink water to reduce fever

Let your baby drink more water and replenish body fluids. This is the most basic method of reducing fever. It is very effective and practical and suitable for all babies with fever. Do not give your baby cold water, because fever is often accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms and cough, and drinking cold water will aggravate these accompanying symptoms. Give your baby warm water. If the baby's temperature is still over 38.5℃ after physical cooling treatment, medication should be used to reduce the fever.

2. Rub your child’s hands and feet to warm them up

If a child has a hot head and cold hands and feet when he has a fever, parents should pay attention. This situation indicates that the child's body temperature may continue to rise, so the child needs to be cooled down physically as soon as possible. Parents should constantly rub the palms and soles of their children's feet until their hands and feet are warm.

3. Give your child a warm bath

If the child is in a relatively good mental state during the fever, you can give the child a warm bath to help dissipate heat. Note: Do not take too long to bathe your child to prevent him/her from becoming exhausted due to poor health. Dress your child quickly after bathing to prevent him/her from catching a cold.

4. Alcohol bath

Alcohol can dilate blood vessels and take away a lot of heat when it evaporates. If your baby has a fever, you can use alcohol bath to help reduce the fever. This method cools down quickly, and the body temperature will generally drop quickly.

5. Ice

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.

6. Warm and wet compress

Undress your baby, wet a towel, and rub your baby's body up and down with the warm towel. Change towels every ten minutes.

7. Cooling patch on forehead

If the child's temperature is not too high, his mental state is good, and he can still move around, parents can use a fever-reducing patch to stick directly on the child's forehead to help cool him down.