Is it really possible to cover your head with a wet towel in ancient times for fever?

Updated on healthy 2024-05-07
43 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Yes, when there is a fever, a towel can help the patient cool down, and when the fever is a hot compress, it needs to be decided according to the body temperature of the fever and the state of peripheral circulation. If you have cold hands and feet.

    physical cooling methods are not suitable. If the limbs are not cold and the temperature of the fever is not too high, you can use local cold compresses, such as applying a cool towel to the patient's forehead, which can be changed once in 5-10 minutes, and you can also use a cold water bag to pillow under the head to help cool down.

    If the fever temperature is relatively high, you can not use cold compresses, you must use warm water to wipe the bath, and wipe the patient's whole body with a warm towel, especially the armpits and groin.

    The neck, palms, and feet are more vascular, and the wiping time is slightly longer. It is also important to monitor the patient's body temperature and not let it exceed the degree.

    When the child's body temperature is stable, for example, the fever remains at 39 for a short period of time, it means that the central mediator of the fever has been released or has come to an end. 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.

    In addition, the period of body temperature drop, that is, the period when the body slowly dissipates heat, can use cold towels, this period is characterized by the dominance of the heat dissipation process, the role of the pyrogen 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. It's like when we were kids with a cold and fever.

    When the elders will say, "Sleep under the quilt and sweat well", which is the reason, when sweating, most of the cases indicate that the fever is alleviating. At this time, using a cold towel can help dissipate heat and make the fever go away a little faster.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Apply a cool towel to the patient's forehead, which can be changed once in 5-10 minutes, and you can also use a cold water bag to pillow under the head to help cool down.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Physical cooling, but now ice packs are used.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Yes, physical cooling is still a method that can still be used.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    It works, it works very well to reduce fever, and then drink more hot water.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    It should work at that time.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Yes, this is the method of physical cooling in vitro.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Sometimes it works.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Feasible. You can also use a cool water bag to pillow under your head to help cool down

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    It should be impossible now.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Physical cooling, a little useful.

    In fact, it is better to replace it with an ice pack and put it on the armpits and root blood vessels of the thighs.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Useful, generally the fever does not exceed the degree is recommended to use physical cooling, this is able to temporarily reduce the temperature, if it is a fever caused by other diseases, you still have to see a doctor.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    It works a little. Mild fever at low temperature is useful, and if the temperature is high or more severe, take medicine and injections as soon as possible, because the body itself cannot repair itself.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Warm. Mild fever with low temperature is useful, and if the temperature is high or severe, take medicine and injections as soon as possible.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    It's useless, it's just a little more comfortable, or the temperature is too high for fear of affecting the head, and the symptoms are not cured.

    If you have a high fever and Shaoshang, Shangyang bloodletting, eartip bloodletting is the right way.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    Can I get off the fire with a fever and a wet towel on my forehead?

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Fever is a symptom of the body, it is not a disease in itself, but a symptom of imbalance in the body's thermoregulatory function due to some other bacterial infections. If the patient can not go to the hospital in time, give some physical cooling can achieve a good cooling effect, such as using some wet towels or ice packs to compress the forehead, which can effectively cool down in time, and at the same time can make the body temperature of the head drop, which can also protect brain cells.

    Therefore, when you have a fever in real life, if there is no fever medicine at home, and it is inconvenient to go to the hospital in time, you can use a cool towel to apply to the forehead or apply ice cubes to the forehead, or you can drop ice cubes and place them in the armpits, groin, etc. for physical cooling, which is a good auxiliary effect on fever.

    Fever is one of the physiological reactions of the body when it is infected or inflamed, so it is fundamental and important for the doctor to find out the right symptoms after the fever occurs. Of course, in addition to the underlying disease, when there is a fever, especially a high fever or discomfort caused by fever, symptomatic fever will help.

    However, for the sake of smoothness**, please pay attention to and cooperate with the following:

    1. Bed rest: Please stay in bed when you have a fever to help recover your physical strength and get it as soon as possible.

    2. Replenish water: The loss of water in the body will be accelerated during fever, so it is advisable to drink more boiled water, fruit juice, sports drinks or non-alcoholic or caffeinated beverages within the feasible range.

    3. Try to avoid wearing too many clothes or covering heavy quilts, because this will make it difficult for the body to dissipate heat and aggravate the discomfort and severity of fever.

    4. Take medication regularly: Please be sure to follow the doctor's instructions, take the medicine regularly and quantitatively, and if you still feel unwell when the drug is used up, please go to a medical institution for medical treatment and continue**.

    5. If the fever body temperature exceeds 39, you need to take antipyretic medicine.

    6. If the fever body temperature exceeds 39, please wipe the body with warm water, when the water evaporates from the body surface, it will take away the extra heat, improve the fever and reduce the discomfort.

    If you have a persistent fever of more than 39 and an unsatisfactory response to medications**. Symptoms such as severe headache or stiff head should be followed up promptly.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    It has some effect, but it's not too good.

    In fact, cooling is mainly about the brain, so the forehead and neck are generally selected for physical cooling.

    When the fever is raised, the following three cooling methods are often used:

    1) Cold and wet compresses. Soak a towel in ice or cold water, twist it into half tens, fold it into a rectangle, and place the towel on the patient's head, alternating between two towels. When the heat is high, it can also be placed on the neck, armpits, and the base of the thighs.

    2) Ice packs. Put a small amount of Xiaoice with a small amount of cold water in a hot water bottle or double plastic bag, wrap it in a cloth outside, press the ice pack flat, and place it on the patient's headrest.

    3) Warm bath. You can use a towel soaked in warm water (32-34), wipe all over the patient's body, re-soak the towel every 1-2 minutes, and the towel should stay in the armpits, thighs, etc. for a longer time to promote heat dissipation.

    It is recommended to send to the hospital in time.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    1. The temperature of cold water is lower than that of air, and the temperature difference between it and the head is larger, making it easier to absorb the heat on the head.

    3. Water evaporation requires endothermy.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    Direct heat transfer. Lowers the temperature of the head. The brain is very sensitive to temperature, and it will burn out when it is high.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    Evaporative heat dissipation achieves the purpose of cooling.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    A cool towel absorbs the heat from your head.

  23. Anonymous users2024-01-18

    My baby has a fever in the middle of the night, should I use a cold towel or a hot towel on my head? Parents don't make a mistake and delay the condition.

  24. Anonymous users2024-01-17

    If the fever is more than a degree, you need to drink a fever reducer (such as Motrin), if it does not exceed it, you can use the following physical methods to reduce fever:

    1.Apply a cold towel to your forehead, soak the towel in cold water when it gets hot, and reapply. It is better to apply a cold water pack or ice pack to the forehead than to apply a cold towel to the forehead.

    2.Whole body warm water wipe bath or bath: untie the baby's clothes, rub the whole body with a warm water (about 37) towel or take a bath, so that the baby's blood vessels can dilate and disperse the body qi; In addition, when water vapor evaporates from the surface of the body, it also absorbs body heat.

    Each bath takes about 10 to 15 minutes, about 4 to 6 hours every time.

    3.Warm alcohol bath: Alcohol bath is 70% alcohol mixed with tap water 1 1, or 75% alcohol with water 1 2, or liquor mixed with water 1 4, put it in a small bowl.

    Close the doors and windows during the bath, use gauze or a small soft towel dipped in alcohol in the bowl, and wipe the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, armpits, inner upper arms, chest and base of thighs. The diluted water temperature is about 37 40, and then wipe the limbs and back; If you wipe it directly with alcohol, the baby will feel very cold, uncomfortable, and even convulsive. You can repeat it a second time, and so on about three times, and the temperature inside and outside the body can drop rapidly.

    Due to the rapid reduction of fever, it is suitable for children over 1 year old, and it is not easy to use high fever over 40 years old.

    4.Wipe with a cool towel: Wipe with a slightly cooler towel (about 25 degrees) on the forehead and face.

    5.Drink plenty of water: It helps sweating, and water has the function of regulating temperature, which can reduce body temperature and replenish the water lost in the body.

    6.Appropriate increase or decrease of clothing: If the baby's hands and feet are cold, it means that the baby's body temperature may rise rapidly, and the baby's hands and feet need to be warmed; If your limbs, hands and feet are warm and you sweat all over, you need to dissipate heat and wear less clothing.

  25. Anonymous users2024-01-16

    Cold. If you can't tolerate a high fever, you can use a cold compress to help lower your 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.

    Fomentation. 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.

  26. Anonymous users2024-01-15

    Mild cold, originally only 2-3 days, no fever or only mild fever, no matter what method used, as long as you sweat, the body temperature will drop temporarily. As long as the fever is subsided, the mild cold may be cured, but the severe case will have another fever. In addition, the method of covering alone is not scientific, and sweating too much is harmful to the body.

    It is best to drink plenty of hot soup or hot water to make the body sweat, which can not only reduce fever, but also promote the excretion of toxins by increasing the amount of urine produced.

  27. Anonymous users2024-01-14

    Moreover, it is a mild cold, and sweating can accelerate metabolism, bring the nemesis white blood cells of bacteria to the lesion, speed up the elimination of bacteria, and then the cold can get better.

  28. Anonymous users2024-01-13

    I think it's completely true that sweating is actually a detoxification process.

  29. Anonymous users2024-01-12

    This not only reduces fever, but also promotes the excretion of toxins by increasing the amount of urine produced.

  30. Anonymous users2024-01-11

    Sweating is the removal of waste products from the body, which helps to help you recover, in fact, sweating is better when exercising.

  31. Anonymous users2024-01-10

    To cure the root cause, it is necessary to use drugs that kill bacteria or viruses in the body.

  32. Anonymous users2024-01-09

    Wrap your head with a damp towel so that you won't get moisture. Applying a wet towel to the head is a way to help fever patients physically cool down, and it is helpful to moisturize the face with a wet towel, which is good for beauty and beauty, so that the facial cells can fully absorb water, and it has a certain effect on slowing down aging.

  33. Anonymous users2024-01-08

    Yes. Applying a wet towel to the head for a long time is easy to inhale moisture.

    After washing your hair, it is best to dry it with a dry towel or use a hair dryer. It is best not to wash your hair too late at night, as your hair is not dry enough to fall asleep, and it is easy to inhale moisture, which can lead to headaches or worse health in old age in the future. It is best to wash your hair half an hour after waking up.

  34. Anonymous users2024-01-07

    The towel is not breathable, and it is a wet towel in addition.

    Water will evaporate when heated, and the process is complicated, which will not be explained.

  35. Anonymous users2024-01-06

    About 10 months, keep it for a year and a half, it's no problem, it's not good for a long time, and it doesn't work much, it is recommended to soak less and more, generally 20 days, you can soak it when you drink it, you can soak it to break it to soak, I hope it can help you.

  36. Anonymous users2024-01-05

    Yes, dampness can enter from the head (except for colds and fevers).

  37. Anonymous users2024-01-04

    Hello, the compress is generally better with hot water, and it is generally not affected by water vapor, and it is generally not recommended to apply the head if there is no fever and discomfort.

  38. Anonymous users2024-01-03

    No, if you have a cold or fever, you can use a hot towel.

  39. Anonymous users2024-01-02

    Yes, the body is easy to get wet.

  40. Anonymous users2024-01-01

    It is not good to use a wet towel to compress the head, and it is easy to have migraines.

  41. Anonymous users2023-12-31

    It's better not to do this, it's not good for your health.

  42. Anonymous users2023-12-30

    No, it will make you feel more refreshed and comfortable.

  43. Anonymous users2023-12-29

    No, there is no scientific basis for that.

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