How to use alcohol to cool down physically

Fever can be said to be a disease, but it can also be said to be a symptom. The causes of fever in life are very complicated. It may be a simple fever or it may be complications caused by the disease. For fever problems, it is important to take cooling measures, especially physical cooling. There are many physical ways to cool down, and alcohol cooling is one of them. So how do you use alcohol to cool down physically?

1. Physical cooling

Physical cooling is the simplest, most effective and safest cooling method for patients with high fever besides drug treatment, which is a physical cooling method using 25%-50% alcohol rub bath. When using alcohol to scrub the patient's skin, it can not only stimulate the skin blood vessels of high fever patients to dilate, but also increase the skin's heat dissipation capacity. Physical cooling can also absorb and take away a large amount of heat due to its volatility, thereby lowering body temperature and relieving symptoms.

2. Specific methods

Soak gauze or a soft towel in alcohol, wring it until it is half dry, and gently wipe the patient's neck, chest, armpits, limbs, palms and soles of feet. The concentration of alcohol used for bathing should not be too high, otherwise using high-concentration alcohol over a large area may irritate the skin and absorb a large amount of moisture from the epidermis. Fever itself is not a disease, but a symptom. In fact, it is one of the body's mechanisms for fighting infection. Fever may even have its uses: shortening the duration of illness, enhancing the effectiveness of antibiotics, and making infections less contagious. These abilities should offset the discomfort experienced when having a fever.

3. Pay attention to prevention

Use common sense to judge how much clothing to wear. If you are hot, remove excess clothing so that body heat can dissipate. But if you have the chill, wrap yourself in clothing until you are no longer cold. Pay special attention to young babies, as they may not know how to remove clothing if they overheat. In fact, dressing children in too many clothes or placing them in extremely hot places may cause fever.