Often people do not know how to bring down the temperature in case of poisoning or with a cold. But is it worth it, because high temperature just contributes to the death of pathogenic viruses and bacteria, helping the body cope with the disease.
The human body has many protective functions. An increase in temperature is a type of manifestation of this protection. Internal organs usually maintain a temperature of approximately 37.3 ° C, but the temperature of skeletal muscles and skin can vary depending on the influence of the environment and its own processes occurring inside the body. Therefore, the temperature reflects the state of the body. If it rises, then the body has turned on the protection function. This reaction is positive, and perhaps knowledge of this will stop many people, at the slightest occasion, clutching at antipyretic drugs. The reasons for the appearance of temperature can be different - these are inflammatory diseases, and diseases of the endocrine and nervous systems.
Most often, body temperature rises with infectious diseases. Antipyretic drugs can be taken if the temperature has risen above 39 ° C, and for children under 6 months - up to 38 ° C. If the child has convulsions, then you can lower the temperature with smaller deviations from the norm.
Often high fever is the only symptom of the disease. Many drugs, by lowering the temperature, give a lot of adverse reactions that do more harm than the disease itself. Therefore, before drinking medicines that lower the temperature, you should call a doctor.
How to bring down the temperature in a child
Today, medicine has many antipyretic drugs for use in pediatrics. Some of them have anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. The most harmless and very effective remedy for children is paracetamol. Children under 3 years of age are prescribed as a 3% solution. If the temperature is accompanied by vomiting, it is prescribed in suppositories. The effect appears after 30-60 minutes. Paracetamol is also chosen in the presence of seizures in a child at high temperature. A good and long-lasting antipyretic effect is exerted by ibuprofen (nurofen, ibufen). Mefenamic acid and aflubin are also used (dosage depending on age).
Still how to bring down the temperature in the baby? This can be done using physical methods of cooling the child. 30 minutes after taking the medicine, you need to open it, wipe it with cold water. If possible, put an enema with water at room temperature, give a chilled drink. Sometimes they use a fan, put a cold towel on large vessels and the head. It is not worth lowering the temperature for diseases of a non-infectious nature, since in this case such actions are still not useful.
With an increase in temperature, the skin can be red or pale due to vasospasm. With pallor, vasodilators are introduced (papaverine, dibazole, no-spa), the doses depend on the age of the child. Redness of the skin should be achieved. To do this, you can vigorously rub the body with a towel until the skin turns red, and constantly monitor the condition of the child, as cramps can occur at high temperature.
How to bring down the temperature in a pregnant woman
All harmful factors affecting a pregnant woman also affect the fetus. The reaction of the fetus is determined by the gestational age. If exposure occurs in the first 7 days, the likelihood of fetal death is high. And at a later date, malformations and various diseases can occur. More than half of pregnant women take medicine, and often without much need. And at the same time, every 2nd child has an increased sensitivity to the drugs that their mother took. Therefore, pregnant women need to be treated with medication with extreme caution and take them in very short courses, and only as a last resort. With the permission of a doctor, you can use analgin, acetylsalicylic acid, acetaminophen, tylenol for the treatment. But all medicines are only under the supervision of a physician. And it’s best to use traditional methods of treatment: drink cranberry juice, tea with honey or raspberries, a decoction of linden blossom. These simple remedies will help bring down the temperature and have an anti-inflammatory effect.