Late autumn and winter - a time of a surge in colds and infectious diseases. Nobody likes to take pills, lie helplessly in bed, gargle and soar feet. However, from the insidious cold, which, as a rule, is accompanied by a high temperature, none of us is safe. Why is it increasing? Thus, the body's defenses are activated in response to the appearance of bacteria and viruses.
Wiping at high temperature with the help of infusions and decoctions of medicinal herbs, healers have used since ancient times, when people had not yet known antipyretic drugs. Many today practice this method of lowering the temperature, claiming that it, in contrast to taking some antipyretic drugs, is more harmless.
What temperature should be brought down?
Doctors distinguish several types of elevated body temperature. These include:
It ranges from +37 to +38 ° C. If it lasts no more than two days, it should not be knocked down, since such an increase can be against the background of stress, overwork, stuffiness, hormonal changes in women. Such a temperature lasting for a longer time is called subfebrile condition. It can be caused by the following pathologies:
1. Inflammation and infections caused by pathogens, for example, bacterial and viral diseases of the throat, urinary system, stomach and HIV, abscesses after injections and tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus and herpes, viral hepatitis.
2. Noncommunicable diseases and somatic diseases also lead to subfebrile condition. These include anemia and cancer, thyroid disease and dystonia, the consequences of tooth extraction and postoperative periods, heart attacks and strokes.
In this case, the temperature rises to +39 ° C. This indicator is characteristic of sun and heat stroke, frostbite or hypothermia, burns, acute internal infection, for example, pneumonia or hypothermia. This temperature is necessarily knocked down.
The thermometer rises above +40 ° C. It should be urgently brought down. As a rule, the patient is hospitalized. Such a fever can be a symptom of flu, sore throat, pneumonia.
The most severe and dangerous form when the temperature rises above +41 ° C. It poses a serious danger to the life of the patient.
Why is the temperature rising?
You should know that people have a different reaction to a febrile state. Some patients easily tolerate +38 ° C, while others experience a disorder of consciousness at a temperature slightly above +37 ° C. Today, scientists continue to argue about the role of fever in the fight against disease. There is a theory that in this way the body's defenses are activated. In this case, how can one explain that at temperatures exceeding +40 ° C, pathological changes occur in the body, sometimes irreversible? Scientists have not reached a consensus on this issue.
The production of pyrogens by the immune system - special substances - causes an increase in temperature. The impetus for their reproduction is organic internal processes or a reaction to the appearance of pathogenic flora in the body. The production of pyrogens increases the burden on the lungs and heart. For this reason, a fever develops. So that the pathological processes that occur in the body do not become irreversible, it is necessary to bring down the body temperature when a critical point is reached, which each patient has his own. But most often, doctors recommend using at a high temperature in an adult rubdown when its indicator exceeds the mark of +38.5 ° C. Such procedures are carried out in the so-called classic cases - the patient’s body is hot to the touch, the person has fever, his cheeks are glowing (red hyperthermia).
Wipe preparation
In the room where the patient is located, the air temperature should be comfortable: +20 ... + 22 ° C. Wiping at high temperature is carried out using a small towel or cloth made of natural (cotton, linen) fabric. First, prepare the necessary solution, which should be warm. Its temperature should not be lower than body temperature, since the heat does not decrease from exposure to cold liquid, but when it evaporates from the surface of the body.
The patient is laid on his back. Since bedding may get wet during the procedure, it is advisable to spread the oilcloth, and on top of it lay a sheet or large towel that is removed after the procedure is completed. Rubdown begins with the limbs. Hands are processed from the palms to the shoulder joints, legs - from the feet to the hips. Then wipe the back and chest.
Wiping with vinegar at high temperature
One of the most effective ways to stop a fever. Traditional healers advise using natural apple cider vinegar for this purpose, since it does not have such an aggressive effect as table vinegar. In addition, it has a calming effect on the nervous system, being absorbed through the surface of the skin.
At high temperatures, vinegar wipes require the use of only a substance diluted with water (1: 1). During the procedure, make sure that the solution maintains a temperature of about +37 ° C. After its completion, the patient should be covered with a light sheet and put a napkin on his forehead, which is moistened in a cooled composition for wiping. At high temperatures, it must be changed quite often. Within an hour, the heat drops by one and a half degrees.
Most doctors do not recommend rubbing with vinegar at high temperatures in children. We will talk about the reasons for the negative attitude of pediatricians to this procedure a bit later.
Vodka wiping
Even supporters of this method do not recommend at high temperatures in children wiping with vodka. For adults, the alcohol-containing composition should be diluted with water in equal proportions. Rubbing vodka at a high temperature is carried out according to the traditional method - legs from feet to hips, hands from palms to shoulders, then chest and back. After that, for two minutes, the patient's body is fanned with a hairdryer with warm air. After completion of the procedure, the patient is covered with a thin blanket, and his forehead is covered with a napkin dipped in cool water. As it changes, it changes.
Wiping solutions
This mixture, as well as all compounds for rubbing with vinegar, at high temperature in children is not recommended for use. And for adult patients, some dosages and combinations are allowed:
- Vodka and vinegar are mixed in equal proportions and the same amount of water is added.
- For wiping, a composition of vodka with analgin is prepared. In 100 ml of vodka diluted with the same amount of water, a tablet of analgin is dissolved.
Water wipes
Wiping at high temperatures with water is recognized even by opponents of procedures using vodka and vinegar. It is interesting that in the course of numerous studies it was proved that vinegar and vodka do not have advantages as antipyretics over water, which, unlike them, does not have side effects.
How to wipe with water at high temperature? First of all, you should determine its temperature - cold water is unacceptable, since it will cause severe chills - the body will begin to warm up with an even greater increase in temperature. It does not fit and hot. Ideal is the temperature of the water, not too different from normal body temperature (it can be lower than no more than 3 ° C).
At a high temperature, rubbing is carried out with a small towel. It must be moistened in warm water, squeezed a little and wipe it with the whole body. This procedure is allowed to be repeated many times with an interval of half an hour. The patient is put to bed after the procedure, putting on him thin cotton pajamas and covering him with a light blanket. The patient’s body temperature should be monitored every half hour, the procedure is repeated if it does not decrease within an hour. Water wipes can be carried out several times a day. They are used as additional measures between medications.
Are rubdowns dangerous for pregnant women?
At a high temperature, rubbing during pregnancy is best done with warm water. The technique for this procedure is the same, but it is not recommended to wipe the stomach. It is better to limit your feet, hands, axillary and popliteal cavities. Traditional healers believe that high temperature in pregnant women can be brought down with the help of vinegar, but representatives of official medicine say that this should not be done. A pregnant woman should not risk using toxic substances.
How to do at a high temperature rubdown child?
Unfortunately, young children get sick very often. Their body does not have time to adapt to the environment, and immunity is still imperfect. The causes of fever in children can be different:
- intestinal infection;
- allergy;
- vaccinations;
- overheating in the sun;
- viral diseases.
In what cases does a child need to bring down the temperature? Often parents, trying to help a warming child, put him to bed and cover him with warm blankets, thereby making heat transfer difficult. This is a common mistake. It is necessary to create all conditions for increasing heat loss. To do this, ventilate the room well, drink plenty of water on the child. Decoctions of some plants have antipyretic properties. These include cornflower and lingonberry, linden and cranberries, chamomile and raspberries, coltsfoot and a succession. Such formulations will improve perspiration.
We talked about the fact that not all temperatures need to be knocked down. If the body of an adult in most cases is able to itself fight heat thanks to immunity, then the child should lower the temperature, especially if it has risen above +38.5 ° C. Wiping at a high temperature in a child is one of the effective methods of drug-free treatment. It is important to know all the pros and cons of this method, the effectiveness of this method.
This is an effective and safe method that allows you to quickly eliminate fever and does not harm the baby's health. You will find out what procedures a well-known pediatrician with great practical experience recommends to reduce heat - Komarovsky. Wiping at a high temperature in a child, modern pediatrics allows only using warm water. Nevertheless, many parents also use recipes for traditional healers.
Soda treatment
How to wipe a child at high temperature with baking soda? It must be said that soda is used to relieve heat with soda, compresses and rubdown. The method of use is the same for very young patients, and for adolescents. Previously practiced lowering the temperature with the help of soda enemas, but today this method is not used.
It is important that the treatment of the child is not only effective, but also as safe as possible. For young children at high temperature, soda liquid is prepared according to the following recipe:
- Pour half a teaspoon of soda into a dry mug and fill it with hot water (200 ml). Wait until the solution stops sizzling and the water cools down to +30 ° C. The resulting solution is used for compresses on the forehead and armpits, in extreme heat. Rubbing at a high temperature in a child with soda is carried out in the same way as with water. Alternative healers recommend the same solution to be taken orally to remove intoxication three times a day, 50 ml each.
In some cases, soda taken by mouth is dissolved in fruit juices or milk in a warm form. For older schoolchildren, you can use decoctions of medicinal plants, which include salicylates: linden blossom, raspberry, cranberry, rosehip.
Wraps
Wipes at high temperatures can be replaced with wraps. This is an ancient and very effective, judging by the reviews, method of eliminating heat and cleansing the body. It is known that the skin, like the lungs, breathes: with then it releases harmful metabolic products. This skin function is especially well developed in children. For this reason, a full wrap is effective for babies in acute processes. To do this, you need a cotton sheet or diaper, which is soaked in warm water or a yarrow broth.
To prepare the medicinal composition, two tablespoons of yarrow are placed in enameled dishes, poured with water and boiled for a quarter of an hour in a water bath. Then the composition is filtered and cooled to +35 ° C. School children are given diaphoretic herbs during this procedure in the absence of allergies. The more perspiration occurs, the more effective the procedure.
Sometimes sweating is delayed and appears only after the second or third procedure. However, body wraps are not recommended twice a day. This procedure can be repeated the next day when the temperature rises. After wrapping is complete, prepare the bathtub by filling it with warm water and wash it off from the sweat of the baby. Sometimes the baby is naughty and does not want to take a bath, in this case, wash him under a warm shower. Without wiping, wrap the baby in a sheet, cover with a light blanket and put in a bed for ten minutes. Then put the child in clean linen.
Dr. Komarovsky’s opinion on wiping at temperature
What should be the proper rubdown of a child at high temperature? What does the famous pediatrician think about this? These procedures are still practiced today, although Dr. Komarovsky has announced it quite a while ago, referring to the results of studies by WHO specialists, that this should not be done. Rubbing with vinegar or vodka is especially dangerous. Do not use these methods, according to Komarovsky, and adults.
Well-known pediatrician explains his position on this issue. Cooling wipes at a temperature are dangerous for children. On the surface, the skin cools, reflexively narrowing the vessels, and hot tissues do not give off heat to the outside. This can cause internal overheating. In a hospital setting, doctors who fight high fever practice injections that dilate blood vessels (for example, No-Shpu). This protects the child's body from overheating from the inside.
At high temperatures in children, rubbing with vodka or vinegar, Dr. Komarovsky categorically rejects. Such procedures threaten the baby with severe intoxication. Children's skin is slightly different in structure from adult. It is thinner, it has more fat on the surface, which is why any substances that come into contact with it penetrate deeper into the depths.
Only rubbing with water at high temperatures in children recommends the use of a famous doctor. This method must be considered as a means of emergency care to facilitate the well-being of the baby before the arrival of the ambulance crew. Eliminate psychological discomfort and ensure the correct start of treatment preventive measures:
1. Prepare a fruit drink, dried fruit compote, rosehip infusion and give the baby dosed drinks, two or three sips every ten minutes.
2. The child can be drunk with weak tea or just boiled water. It is important at high temperature to ensure a constant flow of fluid. Heat the drink to a temperature of +30 ° C so that the liquid is absorbed faster. The amount of fluid should be increased by adding to the daily norm of 10 ml per kilogram of the child’s weight.
3. It is necessary to lower the air temperature in the room where the sick child is, to +18 ° C. Ventilate the room more often, moving the child to another room at this time.
Contraindications for wiping
It should be said once again that official medicine does not use rubbing with vodka and vinegar. Those who prefer traditional medicine methods need to know that this method of lowering the temperature has age restrictions. Acetic rubdowns are not used to reduce heat in children under seven years of age.
- Vinegar wipes should not be used in children and adults with respiratory symptoms of the disease or chronic pathology of the respiratory system. A pair of vinegar will aggravate the situation and worsen the condition of the patient.
- A serious contraindication to the procedure is individual intolerance to vinegar or alcohol. In addition, such procedures should be discarded in the presence of irritation and damage to the skin.
- There are no contraindications for rubbing with warm water, but if a patient who has a high fever is pale, his limbs feel cold (symptoms of white hyperthermia), then any rubdown is contraindicated and, in addition to antipyretic drugs, antispasmodics are recommended.
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