What should I do if an adult has a recurring fever?

Although everyone's body temperature is different, it is generally around 37 degrees Celsius. Generally speaking, if the body temperature exceeds this, (the oral temperature can generally reach 37.5℃, it can be considered a fever. Once a fever occurs, it should be reduced in time to allow the body to recover as soon as possible and return to a healthy state. However, if the fever cannot be reduced or the fever recurs after the correct method of reducing fever, it should be paid attention to. It is best to go to the hospital to check what is going on.

1. If you have a low fever, you should first drink more water, preferably boiled water. Use a large cup to drink water until you can't drink any more. Go to the toilet more often, and some of the viruses in your body will have been excreted.

2. You can also cook ginger and sugar water at home. Slice or chop the ginger, add brown sugar and boil it. Drink it while it is hot, and then sleep and sweat. This method is not effective when the fever is not serious at the beginning.

3. When an adult has a fever, you can use a wet towel to wipe the body, especially the face and forehead. However, it should be noted that the wet towel should be soaked in warm water, otherwise the towel will be too cold and the fever will be aggravated.

4. If the fever is less than 38.5 degrees, but has lasted for a while, you can go to the hospital to see what the cause is, and then take the medicine prescribed by the hospital. Generally, colds are divided into wind-cold and wind-heat, so you can take different cold medicines. If it is caused by inflammation, you can also take some antibiotics. This depends on the doctor's judgment. Once the cold and inflammation are cured, the fever will naturally go away.

5. If the fever reaches 38.5 degrees or above, you should take antipyretics or go to the hospital for an antipyretic injection.

How to quickly and effectively reduce fever in adults

1. Drink plenty of boiled water

From the early stages of a cold, drink plenty of boiled water. Although you may not want to drink it at this time, tell yourself that your immune cells are fighting the disease and they need a water environment. Large amounts of water also facilitate timely removal of waste. At the same time, replenish water loss caused by high temperature, sweating, etc. in time. To relieve dry mouth after recovery from illness.

Drink plenty of boiled water from the beginning of a cold

2. Rest in bed

Whenever a person has a fever, he or she often suffers from symptoms such as general weakness and dizziness. Therefore, you should not force yourself to do something at this time. Taking care of your body is the most important thing at this time. So, get more sleep and cover yourself with a blanket.

3. Foot bath

Soak your feet in hot water continuously, or boil some ginger water until your body becomes hot.

4. Drink some ginger water

Boil ginger slices, brown sugar, onion stems and garlic slices in water and drink it. Eliminate the coldness in the body.

5. Wipe

①Wipe the whole body with warm water, especially the forehead, arms, and soles of feet.

②Wipe with alcohol and water. (If there is no alcohol, you can use white wine instead) Only wipe the forehead, palms and soles of feet.

It is best to wipe every 15 minutes. In severe cases, the interval can be shortened.

6. Supplement vitamin C and E

Vitamin C is a natural antibiotic that has anti-inflammatory, fever-reducing and immunity-enhancing effects. You can drink some appropriately. You can drink nutritional supplements or buy them at a pharmacy.

Vitamin E also needs to be supplemented. High temperature will accelerate oxidation in cells, and appropriate vitamin E can protect the cells.