The best way to reduce fever includes drinking plenty of plain water, drinking ginger ale, physical cooling, alcohol cooling, massage methods and foot rubs. Fever is only one of the symptoms of the disease, not all of them. Remember not to ask your physician to reduce the fever to treat the fever symptoms, but follow the doctor's instructions to find out the real cause of fever accurately and prescribe the right medicine.

1, drink more water. If you have a low fever, first of all, drink more water, drink plain water is best, with a large cup of water to drink until you can not drink until you can not drink, go to the toilet a few times, the body's strength of the virus has been discharged out of the body part.

2, drink ginger water. Then you can also cook ginger sugar water to drink at home, the ginger sliced or chopped with brown sugar big boil, drink while hot, and then sleep sweat, in the beginning of the fever is not serious, this method is very effective.

3, physical cooling. You can also use physical cooling method, pour warm water, take a towel soaked in warm water, wipe the body, especially the forehead, armpits, palms and feet.

4, alcohol cooling. Alcohol cooling with a small towel dipped in 30% alcohol, wipe the baby's armpits, groin and other surface arteries and blood vessels rich places. Note that the whole body can not be rubbed, otherwise it is likely to cause alcohol poisoning.

5, massage method. According to the Hegu point Hegu point location: is located between the first and second metacarpal bone, which is commonly known as the "tiger's mouth". Method of operation: the patient's left hand with the thumb point 50 times, and then change the right hand. Law 6, foot rubbing, rubbing the heart of the feet and limbs first rub the heart of the feet, then rub the calves, hands, arms, back, and finally rub the ears hot, and then rub the Hundred Points. Wait until the patient sweats and the body temperature comes down.

Precautions:

1, the use of antipyretic patches to help dissipate heat, but the smaller children is not recommended, because young children are not easy to rotate the body, the ice pillow is easy to cause localized overcooling or hypothermia. The use of antipyretic patches can also be used, antipyretic patches in the gelatinous substance of the water vaporization can be taken away from the heat, will not appear excessive cooling of the situation.

2, pediatric fever to parents, the most convenient and rapid is to use antipyretic. But the use of antipyretic drugs should master the skills and principles, when to use, how to use, usually appropriate to have the right concept, will not be ineffective or even antipyretic out of control. Different antipyretics are best not to be used with each other at random, because the dose is not controlled, or used alone is safer.

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