What to do if you have a high fever in summer

High fever is a relatively common disease, which is mostly caused by cold. High fever has a great impact on the human body because it affects a person's mental state. Therefore, this symptom will not only bring certain pain to the patient, but also greatly affect the patient's work and life. Many patients with high fever have a long-term illness and the high fever does not subside. So, what should you do if the high fever doesn’t go away?

1. Reduce clothing and quilts:

When your child has a fever, remember not to dress him/her in too many clothes or cover him/her with too thick a blanket. This traditional method of "covering the body with sweat" is not conducive to heat dissipation and fever reduction. Instead, it may cause febrile convulsions due to overheating. For many young babies, the body temperature can be lowered by reducing the number of clothes and blankets.

2. Drink plenty of water:

It helps to sweat and dissipate heat. In addition, water has the function of regulating temperature, which can lower body temperature and replenish the water lost by the body.

What to do if you have a persistent fever in summer

3. Cold compress method:

This method is simple and easy. Apply a cold towel to the forehead, then soak the towel in cold water after it becomes hot and apply it again. For older children, using cold water bags or ice bags may be more effective.

4. Take a warm bath or bath:

Undress your child, rub his whole body with a towel in warm water (around 37°C) or take a bath. This can dilate blood vessels in the skin and increase heat dissipation. In addition, when water evaporates from the body surface, some heat will also be lost.

5. Low temperature chamber method:

Place the sick child in an environment with a room temperature of about 26°C to allow the body temperature to drop slowly. In order to allow the skin to come into contact with the outside air and thus cool down, the person needs to wear less clothes. If conditions permit, air conditioning can be used to lower the room temperature. This method is suitable for babies under 1 month old, especially in summer. As long as you open the baby's clothes and put him in a cool place, his body temperature will slowly drop. If your baby has chills and shivering when having a fever, you should not use the low-temperature chamber method.

6. Avoid eating too many eggs:

Eggs are indeed rich in nutrients, but it is not advisable to eat too many eggs during a fever. This is because the protein in the eggs will produce a certain amount of extra heat after being decomposed in the body, which will increase the body's heat, aggravate the fever symptoms, prolong the fever time, and increase the patient's pain.

7. Avoid eating too much honey:

During a fever, the main focus should be on clearing away heat, and nourishing should not be used. Honey is a tonic that replenishes qi and strengthens the middle. If the patient takes too much honey, the internal heat will not be cleared and eliminated well, and other complications may occur easily.

8. Avoid drinking too much cold drinks:

If the fever is caused by infectious diseases such as bacillary dysentery caused by unclean food, the gastrointestinal function will decline, and drinking more cold drinks will aggravate the condition and even worsen it to endanger life.

9. Avoid drinking too much tea:

Drinking strong tea will keep the brain in an excited state, speed up the pulse, and raise blood pressure, which will in turn cause the patient's body temperature to rise and make him irritable. At the same time, tea water will affect the decomposition and absorption of drugs and reduce their efficacy.