How to treat a cold and fever

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The youngest son of my old classmate's family has not been in good health since he was born. In recent years, he always has a fever and a cold. His parents are busy with work and often are not at home. The old people who take care of him at home don't know how to treat their children when they are sick. Once, it almost caused a big problem. Now let's learn how to treat a cold and fever.

How to treat a cold and fever

First: don't rush to cool down. If the doctor is sure that you just have a cold, you'd better not rush to take antipyretic drugs within the range you can tolerate. Fever is one of the mechanisms of resistance to infection in the body. By raising body temperature, our body mobilizes its own defense system to kill foreign bacteria (generally speaking, bacteria will die when they are above 39 ℃), thus shortening the time of disease and enhancing the effect of antibiotics. If you use drugs to reduce the fever at the beginning of a cold (37-38.5 ℃), the bacteria in your body will temporarily become suspended animation and become drug-resistant. Once they revive, it is often more difficult to treat them.

Second: cold compress, if the high fever makes you intolerable, you can use cold compress to help reduce body temperature. Put a wet and cold towel on the forehead, wrist and calf, and cover other parts with clothes. When the cold compress reaches the body temperature, it should be changed again and again until the fever subsides. You can also pack the ice in a cloth bag and put it on your forehead. Hot compress, if the temperature is not too high, you can use hot compress to reduce fever. Wipe the patient's forehead and limbs repeatedly with hot wet towel to dissipate heat until the fever subsides. However, if the body temperature rises to above 39 ℃, do not use hot compress to reduce fever, cold compress should be used to prevent the body temperature from rising.

Third: appropriate use of painkillers, if you feel very uncomfortable, you can take painkillers. Adults take two aspirin tablets or two paracetamol tablets every four hours. The advantage of paracetamol is that fewer people are allergic to it. Because aspirin and paracetamol have different ways of action, if you feel that you can't control your fever effectively with either, you might as well use both. Take 2 aspirin and 2 paracetamol every 6 hours. When taking these drugs, the doctor's approval is required.

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There are many causes of cold and fever, so don't take medicine blindly. First of all, you should understand the cause of the disease, and then prescribe the right medicine. When taking medicine, you should follow the doctor's advice. When you have a fever, you can use towel cold compress or hot compress, which is more conducive to heat dissipation. If the temperature is too high, you must see a doctor in time.