What to do if you have a high fever

Fever is a very common problem. Fever is very harmful to human health. If it is not treated in time, the problem will become more serious. After the human body has a fever, medicine is the best choice for treatment. However, the choice of medicine is different for different people. There are also some differences in the treatment methods for adults and babies when they have a fever. So what should I do if I have a high fever?

Many people don’t know what to do when they have a high fever. When they have a high fever, they need to choose the correct method to lower the body temperature and solve the fever problem well.

What to do if you have a high fever:

First, wear less clothes to allow your child to dissipate heat. The traditional idea is that when a child has a fever, he or she should be wrapped tightly with clothes and quilts to "force" the sweat out. In fact, this is wrong. When children have a fever, they will shiver and parents may think that their children have chills, but in fact, this is because their increased body temperature causes convulsions.

Second, help your child cool down physically. There are the following common methods:

1. Cold wet compress on the head: Soak a soft towel in 20℃-30℃ cold water, squeeze it slightly to prevent dripping, fold it and place it on the forehead, change it every 3-5 minutes.

2. Head ice pillow: Fill the ice bag half full with small ice cubes and a small amount of water, expel the air from the bag, press the bag opening tightly, and place it on the pillow after there is no water leakage.

3. Wipe with warm water or take a warm bath: Wipe the child's head, armpits, limbs with a warm, wet towel or take a warm bath, scrub the skin more to promote heat dissipation.

4. Alcohol bath: suitable for cooling down high fever. Prepare 200-300 ml of 20%-35% alcohol and use it to rub the limbs and back.

Third, drink plenty of water and don’t take any medicine casually. When the fever is high, breathing speeds up and sweating causes the body to lose a lot of water, so parents should give their children plenty of water when they have a fever, increase urine volume, and promote the excretion of toxins in the body.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of what to do when we have a high fever. When we have a fever, it is the best choice to reduce fever according to the above methods. However, when choosing these methods, they must be carried out appropriately, otherwise it will cause great damage to our health. This is also something we must keep in mind.