Does falling asleep help reduce fever?

When children have a cold or fever, many parents often think that letting their children take a nap will be fine, but does sleeping help reduce the fever? In fact, this is a misunderstanding, because falling asleep will not reduce the fever, on the contrary it will make the fever higher. You should choose to drink more water and urinate more often to physically reduce the temperature. If the fever is too high, you need to take oral medication to reduce it, and a fever above 38.5 is considered a high fever.

For children, sleeping when they have a fever does not help reduce the temperature, but will make the fever higher. Therefore, it is best not to let the child sleep when he has a fever. Give him plenty of water to help reduce the temperature.

When the body temperature reaches above 38.5 degrees, it is a high fever. At this time, measures must be taken, otherwise abnormal conditions such as fainting may occur, or even "brain damage" may occur! How to reduce fever? There are many ways, such as physical cooling, antipyretic injections, antipyretic drugs, drinking plenty of water, intravenous drips, etc. The more specific methods are as follows:

First, physical cooling. This is a very traditional method and can often be seen in costume dramas. This method is to apply a hot wet towel to the forehead, which can relieve the body's fever symptoms. Unlike in ancient times, nowadays, we can use cooling patches which are more convenient than hot compresses and also save the trouble of changing towels every once in a while.

However, you must be careful not to apply hot compress for too long, and do not use too cold water. Generally, warm water is better. Moreover, the best places to apply are the forehead, armpits, or the palms and soles of the feet.

Second, get a fever-reducing injection. That is, an injection in the buttocks, which has a better cooling effect, reduces fever quickly, and is also very simple. Generally, many children use this method to reduce fever. After all, they don’t take medicine, and the only option is a buttock injection if they want a quick response. Of course, when an adult has a fever over 40 degrees, they can first get a shot in the butt to lower the temperature, and then take medicine or use physical cooling methods.

Third, drink more water. Generally, when you have a fever, the human body is easily dehydrated because it is fighting viruses in the body, and water has a large heat capacity and is easier to dissipate heat. It is best to drink boiled water. Don’t drink too much at one time. It is better to drink it multiple times. Generally speaking, the more water you drink, the more viruses you can expel.

Fourth, boil ginger and sugar water to drink. Slice or chop the ginger, add brown sugar and boil it, then drink it while it is hot. Then take a good sleep and sweat it out. This method is generally effective for mild fevers.

Fifth, take antipyretics. Generally, when the fever temperature exceeds 39 degrees, you can take some antipyretics first and then get an injection. Generally, if the fever exceeds 40 degrees, you must go to the hospital and let the doctor diagnose the cause of the fever and then prescribe the right medicine. Moreover, even if the fever is not high, you should go to the hospital, because some fevers are caused by colds or other diseases.

The sixth method is to get an IV drip. This method is generally only used when a high fever persists. It is the most stable way to reduce a fever. If it is a normal fever, it will definitely reduce the fever.

There are many causes of fever. The above introduction is for the routine treatment principles for common fever patients. For those whose fever persists after routine treatment, or those with high fever (body temperature reaches 39.5 ~ 41°C), accompanied by convulsions, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, they should be sent to the doctor in time to find out the cause and give timely symptomatic and causal treatment.