“The temperature is high,” as doctors often hear such complaints from their patients. Indeed, high body temperature significantly worsens the well-being of a person. However, before prescribing any treatment, a specialist should find out why it has increased.
Probably everyone knows that normally the temperature should be about thirty-six and six degrees. It is most optimal for various processes of a biochemical nature that constantly occur in the human body. However, each of us is individual. Therefore, for someone, the norm will be high temperature (up to thirty-seven and four degrees). In this case, no inflammatory processes and deviations in the body will be observed. That is why, before starting self-medication, it is necessary to consult a specialist. Suddenly, you are just such a person, and the fever for you is nothing but the norm.
In other situations, if the patient has a high temperature, you have to talk about the presence in his body of a virus with which he is desperately fighting. In addition, the cause of this kind of change in the state of a person may be a consequence of external exposure. For example, frostbite, burns and the like. It should be noted that with an increase in body temperature to thirty-eight degrees, bacteria, viruses and other agents of infection begin to die.
As we know, any mechanism in our world sometimes fails. The human body is no exception. In this situation, such a development of events can be observed if the immune system, due to some of its features, begins to react too violently to various infections. As a result, a person complains that his temperature is high. It can reach thirty-nine degrees. However, everything in this case depends on the physical characteristics of the body. For many children and adults, a temperature of thirty-seven and five to thirty-eight degrees is considered a critical temperature. With this increase, febrile seizures can begin .
If the patient has a high temperature for 5 days, a specialist can prescribe a comprehensive examination. I must say that with a prolonged increase in this value, a violation in the system of transmission of nerve impulses occurs in our body. This leads to the fact that irreversible changes begin in the subcortical structures and the cerebral cortex. The consequence of such processes may even be respiratory arrest. In any case, at high temperatures, doctors recommend taking antipyretic drugs. They affect a special center located precisely in the subcortical structures of the human brain, which is responsible for thermoregulation. It helps to wipe the surface of the body with water.
In order to correctly measure the temperature of your body, you can position the thermometer in the armpit. At least, it is this measurement method that is preferred by the majority of the population in our country. If you choose this option, it is important to consider several rules. Firstly, the armpit must be dry. It is not necessary to measure within an hour after any physical exertion. Make sure your thermometer is working.
You can measure the temperature in the rectum. This method is chosen by few people. If the thermometer shows a value of more than thirty-seven degrees, then the basal temperature is high. However, in some cases this is considered the norm. For example, during menstruation, the basal temperature can reach thirty-eight degrees.
Experts say that measuring the temperature in the oral cavity is impractical.
To date, the ear thermometer is considered the most accurate thermometer. However, it is not recommended to use it for young children.
If your body temperature or that of someone close to you rises above thirty-nine degrees, you should urgently call an ambulance team. It is also recommended to do if high fever is accompanied by convulsions, impaired vision, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
In conclusion, I remind you that you should not start treatment yourself. Only an experienced doctor can determine the exact cause of a deterioration in health and prescribe the right treatment.