In the cold winter, a careless baby caught a cold. Once you have a fever, your parents are very anxious. After a long period of popular science education, most parents will choose physical methods to cool down, but some physical methods will not only make their children have a fever, but also may cause adverse effects.
1. Apply an ice pack to your body.
It will cause more heat to gather in the body and cannot escape, leading to severe febrile convulsions. The body surface temperature can't represent the body temperature, and pore contraction will cause hot air to gather in the body, resulting in cold hands and feet.
Wipe the whole body with alcohol
Alcohol is a volatile liquid, which is easy to cause chills, causing the body temperature to rise again; The risks of alcohol allergy include rash, itching and so on. Alcohol can be absorbed through the skin and respiratory tract, which is easy to cause alcoholism and may even induce arrhythmia. The correct way is to double warm water with 75% medical alcohol, and take out the small towel after soaking it. Scrub the neck, armpit, thigh root, hand, foot and heart of the sick child for a few minutes, and do not wipe the chest, abdomen and other parts to avoid excessive temperature drop. Do not wipe the same area repeatedly.
3. Fever and sweating
There is an age limit for covering your sweat. If you don't add enough water, it is easy to cause dehydration. Not recommended for use at home. In fact, taking a warm bath is a very economical and effective physical cooling method for children with fever. If it is inconvenient to take a bath, wiping your body with warm water will also help to dissipate heat and reduce fever.
Parenting experts remind that if the baby's axillary temperature is higher than 39℃, it is necessary to prevent febrile convulsions (loss of consciousness, entropion, muscle rigidity or convulsions). Hyperthermia can stimulate the cerebral cortex, cause abnormal discharge and cause febrile convulsion. About 4% of children will have it. Generally, it will stop within 5 minutes and will not cause permanent physical injury. However, the next time they have a fever, they may relapse. If the febrile convulsion lasts more than 5 minutes, they should go to the hospital immediately.
Fever itself is not a disease, but the body's response to the disease. When the baby is sick, the body temperature rises, indicating that the body's immune system has started to work and is fighting against pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, fever itself is not a bad thing.
But compared with adults, the baby's temperature will rise more obviously when he has a fever. Therefore, at this time, we must pay attention to nursing work and take correct and effective measures to help the baby cool down and prevent the occurrence of febrile convulsions.
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