How did cold have a fever to do

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Winter is coming, the weather is getting cold, many people have "cold" symptoms, fever has become a very common symptom, how to correctly treat the cold, don't be afraid, avoid the trouble caused by fever, below, I will talk about the cold and fever with you.

How did cold have a fever to do

First: cold has a proper term in medicine, which is called acute upper respiratory tract infection. It is mostly caused by virus infection. Therefore, doctors often use antiviral drugs such as ribavirin after a cold.

Second: cold and fever often lead to loss of body fluid, the human body in the case of fever, pulse, breathing, blood pressure will increase, high basal metabolic rate, so need a lot of water.

Third: you can always have a thermometer at home. You can take your own temperature when you have a fever. Of course, you need to learn to look at the thermometer. It needs a certain angle to see the mercury column. If the temperature does not exceed 38.5 degrees, you can generally use warm water to wipe the bath, or apply a cold towel to the great arteries (neck, armpit, groin).

matters needing attention

Cold fever patients often combined with cough, expectoration symptoms, therefore, as a doctor, also need to give patients some cough expectorant drugs.