For some people with weak physical resistance, it is easy to catch a cold and fever when the weather is hot and cold.
Although fever is a natural reaction of the body, if the temperature of the fever is relatively high, it should be cooled down in time, especially for children with weak physical fitness, and it is more important to actively reduce the fever in order to avoid more serious harm to the body.
Is it good to apply hot or ice for fever?
The normal body temperature of the human body is about 36 degrees to 37 degrees, if the body temperature exceeds 37.2 degrees, then it means that the body has a fever. At this time, we must reduce the fever in time, many parents will choose physical cooling methods when their children are sick and feverish, such as using ice to achieve the effect of cooling.
The so-called ice compress is simply to put the towel into ice water and soak it for a few minutes, and then wring the water out and then apply it to the forehead, which generally has a good effect on alleviating the symptoms of fever.
In addition, you can also wrap ice cubes directly with a towel and apply it to your forehead, which can also play a role in reducing fever and cooling.
However, there are also some people who like to use a hot towel to warm the forehead after the fever, compared to the ice compress, the hot compress to reduce the fever makes it difficult for many people to understand. The body already has a fever, and what is most needed at this time is to cool the body.
Therefore, few people will use hot compresses to reduce fever after fever, and whether ice or hot compresses are good after fever has been determined according to the actual condition of the individual.
Is it correct to apply ice or heat after a fever?
1. Hot compresses
When the body is sick and the body temperature continues to rise, and accompanied by cold, shivering and other diseases, at this time the skin blood vessels begin to contract continuously, in this case it is easy to lead to a decrease in sweating, which in turn leads to the continuous contraction of the vertical hair muscle, at this time the body temperature will still be in the rising period, in this case, the fever should be reduced by hot compresses.
In addition to applying a towel to the patient's forehead, a hot towel should also be used to wipe the armpits, belly sockets, leg sockets and other parts, only in this way can the fever symptoms continue to worsen.
Once the fever symptoms are too severe, it is very easy to cause patients to have dangerous symptoms such as convulsions and convulsions. Therefore, at this time, you must not ice, only the method of hot compress can play a cooling effect.
2. Ice compresses
If the patient's body temperature does not rise in a short period of time during fever, it means that the central medium of fever has been released, that is to say, when the body temperature is relatively stable, a cold towel or ice pack can be used to apply to the forehead.
In addition, you can also use a cold towel to wipe the neck, armpits, leg sockets and other parts, this method can play a good anti-fever effect, but also to avoid the body temperature rise again.
If the body temperature begins to gradually decline in the way of ice, and the body begins to slowly dissipate heat, at this time you can continue to use ice to apply to the forehead, but you must not put the cold towel on the chest, the center of the foot, the ear and other issues, otherwise it is easy to have some adverse consequences.
The above introduced body fever, whether the use of ice or hot compresses, should be based on the actual fever situation of the individual, and can not blindly use the same way of ice, otherwise once the fever needs hot compresses to reduce fever, but the use of ice so that not only can not play a role in reducing fever, serious and even lead to other dangerous situations of patients.