What should I do if the high fever subsides and the low fever returns

Whether it is a high fever or a low fever, it can cause great harm to the human body. Many people will have a low fever after having a high fever. Of course, compared with high fever, low fever poses relatively less threat to people. Patients can also relieve the symptoms of low fever and restore their health by massaging acupoints, physical cooling, replenishing fluids or some dietary remedies. Here are some tips on how to deal with a high fever when it subsides and then returns to a low fever.

1. Massage acupoints

Press the Tianshu point hard on both sides for 2 minutes. Repeatedly to promote the reduction of low fever. In addition, if accompanied by headache symptoms, you can massage the Fengchi point, Fengfu point and the entire scalp at the same time, which can reduce fever and relieve headaches.

Acupoint location: Tianshu point is located two inches away from the navel. Fengchi point is located on the neck, below the occipital bone, in the depression between the upper outer edge of the trapezius muscle and the upper posterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Fengfu point is located on the neck, 1 inch directly above the middle of the hairline.

2. Physical cooling

(1) When you have a low-grade fever, it is more appropriate to apply warm water to help dissipate heat. Prepare warm water, the hot water temperature should be around 30℃. Undress, wet a towel, and rub your body up and down with the warm towel. Change towels every 10-15 minutes.

(2) There is nothing more relaxing than taking a warm bath. It can also help relieve fever symptoms. Taking a shower with hot water can actually help cool you down, just like drinking more warm water can detoxify you and lower your temperature. Generally speaking, you can take a bath when your body temperature is around 38 degrees, but the water temperature should not be too high. 32-34 degrees Celsius is more suitable. You should also eat something before taking a bath to prevent hypoglycemia. After bathing, dry your body and put on clothes as soon as possible to avoid catching a cold, which will aggravate the condition. In addition, keep an eye on the water temperature. If the water is cold, add some hot water in time.

(3) Use a sponge to wipe your entire body; evaporation can also have a cooling effect. After squeezing out excess water from the sponge, wipe one area at a time, keeping the rest of the area covered with clothing. Your body heat will evaporate this water, helping to dissipate the heat.

Note: Although alcohol evaporates more easily than water, it may cause discomfort to patients with fever. Do not wipe with alcohol. Furthermore, inhaling alcohol vapor or even absorbing alcohol through the skin is not good for the patient.

(4) Cold compresses can also be used to help lower body temperature. Place a cold wet towel on your forehead, wrists, and calves, and cover other parts of your body with clothing. When the cold compress reaches body temperature, it should be changed and repeated until the fever subsides. You can also wrap ice cubes in a cloth bag and place it on your forehead.

3. Replenish fluids

When you have a low fever, you should pay attention to replenishing fluids, such as boiled water, vegetable juice, scented tea, etc., to help sweating and prevent dehydration. Water has the function of regulating temperature, which can lower body temperature and replenish water loss in the body. If a low-grade fever is not very serious, drinking more hot water can relieve it. The best way to test whether you are drinking enough water is to see if the color of your urine is clear.

4. Dietary remedies for low-grade fever

(1) Select 30 soybeans and 30 black beans and wash them. Put soybeans and black beans into the medicine pot together, then add a large spoonful of white sugar. Pour three bowls of water into the pot. When three bowls of water have been boiled into one bowl of water, pour out the medicine soup and you can take it. This recipe is effective in treating persistent low-grade fever. It can also play a preventive role in normal times.

(2) Boil 30 grams of honeysuckle, 15 grams of isatis root, and 1 raw radish in water and drink it as tea.

(3) 30 grams of Artemisia annua, 9 grams of mint, and 6 grams of raw licorice, decocted in water and taken as tea. It is very effective for treating symptoms such as low-grade fever and headache caused by summer heat cold.

(4) Boil a few slices of ginger, a handful of tea leaves, and 25 grams of brown sugar in water and drink it. It can be used to treat symptoms such as low-grade fever and headache caused by a cold.

(5) 30g ginger, sliced; 20cm green onion. Decoction in water and drink it. After drinking it, lie in bed and cover yourself with a quilt to sweat. It can be used to treat cold headaches, low-grade fever and nasal congestion.