When you have a fever, whether to apply a hot towel or a cool towel

Hot towel, the hotter the better, because this will make all the heat in the body come out, and also, give him or her more hot water.

If the body temperature is not too high, warm compresses can be used to reduce the fever. Wipe the patient's forehead and limbs repeatedly with a hot, wet towel to dissipate heat from the body until the fever subsides. However, if the body temperature rises above 39, do not use a hot compress to reduce the fever, and treat it with a cold compress to prevent the body temperature from continuing to rise.

High fever is one of the mechanisms by which the body fights infection. Our body mobilizes its defenses to kill viruses by raising body temperature (in general, germs die when they are above 39), thereby shortening the duration of illness and enhancing the effectiveness of antibiotics. If you use medication to reduce fever at the beginning of a cold (37-38 5), it will temporarily turn the bacteria in your body into a state of suspended animation and make them resistant to the drug, which is often more difficult once it returns**.

Cold compresses: If a high fever cannot be tolerated, cold compresses can be used to help lower the body temperature. Place a cold and wet towel on your forehead, wrists, and calves, and cover the rest of your body with clothing.

When the cold compress reaches body temperature, it should be changed once and repeated until the fever subsides. You can also wrap ice cubes in a cloth bag and place them on your forehead.

Warm compresses: If the body temperature is not too high, warm compresses can be used to reduce fever. Wipe the patient's forehead and limbs repeatedly with a hot, wet towel to dissipate heat from the body until the fever subsides.

However, if the body temperature rises above 39, do not use a hot compress to reduce the fever, and treat it with a cold compress to prevent the body temperature from continuing to rise.

Wipe the body: evaporation also does have a cooling effect. Experts recommend using cold tap water to help** dispel excess heat.

While you can wipe (with a sponge) all over your body, you should especially strengthen areas with a high body temperature, such as the armpits and groin. After squeezing out too much water from the sponge, wipe one area at a time, and cover the other areas with clothing. Body temperature will evaporate this moisture, helping to dissipate heat.

Soak in the bath: Sometimes a warm bath is the most comfortable. It can also help relieve the symptoms of fever. Babies should be bathed in warm water or wrapped in a wet towel and changed every 15 minutes.

Replenish fluids: When you have a high fever, your body sweats and dissipates heat; But when you have a high fever, the body shuts down the sweat glands by losing too much water to stop further water loss, which makes it impossible for your body to dissipate heat. The solution is to drink plenty of plain water and fruit and vegetable juice, which is rich in vitamins and minerals, especially beet juice and carrot juice.

If you want to drink tomato juice, choose a low-sodium product. Solid foods should be avoided during fever until the condition improves.

Generally speaking, if you have a high fever, you can apply a cold towel to the forehead and armpits, which has the effect of physical cooling. Soak a soft towel in 20-30 degrees of water, squeeze it slightly so that it does not drip water, fold it and place it on the forehead, and change it every 3-5 minutes until the body temperature drops. Pay attention to change the towel in time and keep the temperature basically unchanged.

Whether to apply a hot towel or a cold towel for fever depends on the situation:

1. Below 39 degrees, use a hot towel during the period of rising body temperature

1. Use a hot towel If the fever body temperature is lower than 39 degrees, there is generally no need for cold compresses. When you first start having a fever and your body temperature rises, you feel that your body is cold, so it is naturally inappropriate to use a cold towel. For example, when some parents take their child's temperature, they will find that the child is still 38, and after ten or twenty minutes, it will become 39, which belongs to the period when the baby's body temperature rises.

At this time, parents must not use cold towels to compress. The body surface already needs heat, and if you use a cold towel to compete for heat, it will only make the central nervous system give more "strict" orders, and the child's body temperature will definitely rise higher.

2. Therefore, when the child is in the period of rising body temperature of fever, use a warm towel to wipe the child's belly sockets, armpits, and leg sockets. In this case, the child's body temperature may rise, but it will not rise too high all of a sudden and cause a high fever, or even convulsions or convulsions.

2. If the temperature is higher than 39 degrees, the body temperature is stable, falling or in the later stage, use a cold towel

1. If the fever body temperature is greater than 39 degrees, use a cold hair towel to absorb the heat of the head, reduce the pain and damage to the brain. If you have a high fever, you should use ice cubes (however, the use of ice packs is generally not recommended.) Temperatures below body temperature can cause telangiconstriction, which is not conducive to heat dissipation).

Especially the head, if you can't have a high fever continuously, it will burn out the head.

2. In addition, when the child's body temperature is in a stable period, for example, the fever has been maintained at 39 for a short period of time, which means that the central medium of the fever has been released or has come to an end temporarily. At this time, parents can use a cold towel or ice pack to compress the child's head, or use a cold towel to wipe the armpits, neck, leg sockets and other areas where large blood vessels are distributed. This will help your child cool down and reduce the fever, and it can also prevent your child's temperature from rising again.

3. Another is the period of body temperature drop, that is, the period when the body slowly dissipates heat, you can use the cold file Xiang towel, this period is characterized by the predominance of the heat dissipation process, the role of the pyretic source in the body gradually disappears or weakens, and the heat production begins to decrease. The blood vessels on the child's body surface begin to expand, and at this time they will sweat profusely. When sweating, most cases indicate that the fever is relieving.

At this time, using a cold towel can help dissipate heat, so that the fever will go away a little faster.

Normally, if you have a fever, you will put a towel on your head to cool down, but whether the towel is hot or cold depends on the specific situation

1.Use a hot towel when your body temperature rises.

This is generally in the early stage of fever, such as when taking body temperature, the first measurement is 38, and after a while, it becomes 39, which is in the "period of rising body temperature".

At this time, use a hot towel. Because when a person's body temperature rises, the body surface needs heat, and if you use a cold towel to compete for heat, it will only make the body temperature rise faster.

Therefore, when the body temperature of fever rises, you must use a warm towel, in addition to putting a towel on the head, you can also wipe the belly sockets, armpits, leg sockets and other areas where large blood vessels are distributed. In this way, even if the body temperature will rise, it will not rise too quickly.

2.Cold towels can be used during periods of stabilization, dropping, or later periods of body temperature.

This is usually when the fever lasts for a certain period of time, when the body temperature is stable. For example, if the fever persists at 39 for a short period of time, this indicates that the central medium of the fever has been released or has been temporarily over.

At this time, you can apply a cold towel or ice pack to your head, or use a cold towel to wipe the armpits, neck, leg sockets and other areas where large blood vessels are distributed. This can help cool down the fever and also prevent the body temperature from rising again.

In addition, the late stage of fever, that is, the period of body temperature drop, at this time the body slowly dissipates heat, you can use a cold towel, this period is characterized by the dominance of the heat dissipation process, resulting in the source of the fever is gradually decreasing, at this time with a cold towel, can help dissipate heat, so that the fever goes down a little faster.

Use a hot towel when the body temperature is rising, and a cold towel when the body temperature is stable.

Since the body temperature rises during the fever, if the child is dressed on the forehead with a cold towel at this time, the central nervous system will give the command to compete for heat, and the body temperature will rise even higher. Therefore, when the body temperature rises with a fever, it is necessary to apply a warm towel to the child's forehead.

When the body temperature is stable, you can use a cold towel to apply to the forehead, or use a cold towel to wipe the armpits and neck areas where large blood vessels are distributed to help cool down.

It is good to use a hot towel when people have a fever.

Regardless of whether the cold compress or the hot compress has a cooling effect at the same time, however, during the period of high fever, using cold compress is like a hot boiling water bottle to suddenly put cold water, which will produce the phenomenon of thermal expansion and cold contraction, which is easy to cause convulsions. Even if the fever is reduced, the root of the disease will fall, but if you use a hot towel, the hot towel will change from hot to cold and will also absorb the heat in the patient's body, which is slowly extracted from the body, in addition, the hot towel is also very effective in removing the cold in the body, so that the patient will slowly reduce the fever unconsciously, and the cold in the body will also be emitted, and the fever will not leave any sequelae.

How to apply a hot compress:

Pour boiling water into the basin, then put in the towel, take out the towel and wring it semi-dry, let it into the patient's forehead, wait for the towel to cool, put it back into the hot water, and use it repeatedly until the fever subsides, and at the same time give the patient to drink water constantly to ensure that the patient can sweat and the fever will go away.

Usually, a hot towel or a cool towel is fine when you have a fever.

1. If the fever body temperature is lower than 39 degrees, a hot compress can be used, that is, a warm towel can be used to repeatedly wipe the patient's forehead, neck, armpits, limbs, groin and other large blood vessels, accelerate blood circulation, help sweat, dissipate heat from the body, and achieve the effect of reducing fever.

It should be noted that if the body temperature rises to 39, do not use a hot compress to reduce the fever, and should be treated with a cold compress to prevent the body temperature from continuing to rise.

2. If you have a fever, you can use a cool towel to cool down the brain and protect the fever, and use a cool towel to reduce the temperature of the head as soon as possible, because high fever will cause damage to the nervous system of the head, so you can use a cold towel to apply it externally, which can reduce the metabolism of the head, protect the nervous system, and avoid high heat hurting the brain.

Method: Soak the towel in cold water, wring it out slightly, apply it to the forehead, and when the temperature of the towel reaches the body temperature, it should be changed once, soaked in cold water, and used repeatedly until the fever subsides. Alternatively, you can wrap ice cubes in a towel and place them on your forehead and apply a cold compress.

3. When the body temperature is not high: hot compresses will cause fever, but the body temperature is not too high, and you can cool down by hot compresses. Repeatedly wipe the patient's arms, forehead and other parts with a hot towel to reduce fever and cool down.

When you have a high fever: cold compress to reduce fever, if the fever is more serious and the body temperature is very high, you can use cold compress to cool down. If you still use a warm compress at this time, it will only worsen the condition. A cold compress can be placed on the forehead, and when the towel reaches body temperature, change it again and repeat until the fever subsides.

4. Drink plenty of water. It is also necessary to promote a drop in body temperature by sweating profusely. Especially for patients with high fever, it is easy to collapse when sweating a lot, so it is necessary to ensure that the body is fully hydrated.