When, how and with what to lower the temperature
An increase in body temperature is defensive reaction body. In this case, intensive synthesis of a special protein occurs - interferon, which prevents the proliferation of viruses.
It should be knocked down only in extreme cases, namely:
- if the temperature is above 38.3-39° C;
- if you cannot tolerate even low temperatures;
- if for some reason the body receives little fluid;
- if there is a tendency to convulsions that develop against the background of fever.
There are two ways to reduce temperature - physical and medicinal.
It is recommended to start with physical reduction techniques.
The choice of method depends on the body's reaction to high temperature.
- If the skin of the body remains cold and pale, this indicates a spasm of the peripheral vessels of the body - white hyperthermia. In this case, you should apply it to your feet warm heating pad. Rubdowns are contraindicated.
- If the body is hot and red - red hyperthermia, a damp towel should be placed on the forehead and liver area, bottles of cold water or pieces of cloth moistened with cold water should be placed in the inguinal folds, armpits. In these places, blood flow is especially increased and due to contact with cold, the blood will give up some of the hot temperature.
SuJok
Apply ice or something to your fingertips for one to two minutes. freezer, then paint them black. Using a black felt-tip pen, draw lines on your index fingers from the nail to the last phalanx. After 15-30 minutes the temperature will drop by 1-1.5 degrees. As you draw lines and paint your fingertips, think about lowering the temperature.
Urine
Soak cotton socks in urine, unscrew them and put them on. And they are also made of wool, maybe 2 pairs.
Egg white
Soak 2 napkins in egg white and place on the soles of your feet. Put on socks.
Vodka or Vinegar
In vodka or vinegar, half diluted with warm water (you can add vodka).
Wet the napkin and wring it out lightly. Start rubbing with your palms and feet.
Then generously wipe the body from top to bottom in places where large vessels pass: forehead, temples, neck, armpits, elbows, under the chest, back, groin, popliteal fossae until redness and warmth appear. Do not dress or cover yourself (or cover yourself with a light sheet). Lie like this for some time until a feeling of sharp cold appears. The evaporation of alcohol causes a decrease in temperature. Only after this should you cover yourself well and sweat.
Attention! If you wipe the patient with alcohol and cover him, you can get the opposite effect - a warming one. Under no circumstances should you drink cold liquid.
Cold compress on forehead
Moisten a napkin in water, you can add 1 tablespoon of vinegar per glass to the water.
Wrap calf muscles
Soak cotton napkins or towels in water (maximum five degrees below body temperature), wring them out and wrap them around your calves. For children under 6 months of age, only the ankles and wrists are wrapped. After 15 minutes the procedure can be repeated. Wraps reduce the temperature by 0.5 - 1 degree and make you feel better.
Bergamot essential oil
Cold compress on the calf muscles with bergamot essential oil.
Mix 15 drops of oil with 1 teaspoon of any emulsifier (salt, soda, honey, agar-agar, bubble bath, cream, whey), then stir the mixture into 200 ml. water. Soak a cloth in this water and place it on the calf muscles.
Tea with any of the following plants:
ginger, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon or oregano, linden, mint, lingonberries, raspberries, black currants (berries or leaves), preferably with linden honey, maybe with lemon.
Such drinking causes profuse sweating, helping to remove pathogenic poisons and lower the temperature.
Cooling Bath
If it is necessary to lower body temperature, the temperature of the water in the bath should be exactly 2 degrees below body temperature. For example, if the body temperature is 39, the water temperature should be 37. During the procedure, monitor the water temperature and try to maintain this difference. The upper chest should be out of the water.
For a bath, you can use one or more essential oils: bergamot, cajuput, anise, eucalyptus, chamomile, lemon, ginger.
Just 4-7 drops of a mixture of several oils or one of them pre-mixed with any of the emulsifiers (salt, soda, honey, bubble bath, cream) is enough.
Contraindication: A cooling bath cannot be used for white hyperthermia, when the skin of the body remains cold and pale at high temperatures.
Chest cold wrap
A very effective means of gradually but harmlessly reducing the temperature is cold wrapping.
Take two linen (kitchen) towels, fold them in half lengthwise, soak one towel in cool (the higher the temperature, the colder the water should be) water, squeeze lightly (so as not to drip), wrap in a second (dry) towel, wrap on top with a woolen scarf, put the patient in bed for 30-40 minutes. You can put a shirt and sweater on top of this wrap and let him play in bed. Then remove the towel and take warm shower and leave the patient to rest in bed for another 30 minutes.
You can do the so-called “three-quarter” wrap, that is, wrap the torso from the armpits to the groin, everything else is the same. This wrap is more effective and is also used to gradually reduce elevated temperatures during acute diseases of a cold nature. This wrap can be repeated two to three times a day. It is best to do it for children for a while nap and leave until the child wakes up. In general, you need to remember the sacred rule: no matter what healing and useful procedure was not done to restore the health of a child or an adult, you should never wake up the patient, since rest and sleep are one of the most healing “medicines” that nature “invented” for recovery.
It should be remembered that just as a patient cannot recover from one aspirin tablet, one cannot have an instant “miraculous” effect from one wrap. The temperature will drop slightly, the patient will breathe easier, his condition will improve, especially if after the wrap he takes a quick warm shower, but in the evening, if you do not follow other recommendations used with a nonspecific approach, the temperature may rise again. You should do a three-quarter wrap one or even two more times (at intervals so that the patient can rest), take a warm shower after it, rub yourself, go to bed and drink diaphoretic tea (see below) with honey or raspberry jam.
You can - at a very high temperature - before doing the wrap, wipe the patient with a sponge or linen towel dipped in cold water, and then apply a cold wrap to the damp body, and the higher the temperature, the colder the water should be. To speed up the decrease in temperature, you can add vinegar to cold water at the rate of 1-2 tablespoons of vinegar (not vinegar essence!) per 1/2 liter of water (depending on age). Rubbing is best done right in bed, after which the patient should immediately be wrapped, wrapped warmly and given diaphoretic tea.
Wiping at high temperature
In the old book by S. Kneipp, “My Hydrotherapy,” it is recommended that during the most severe flu epidemics (“influenza” in the then terminology), at high temperatures, every half hour, sit the patient naked to the waist in bed and very quickly wipe him to the waist - chest, sides, back , hands, neck - with a kitchen towel soaked in cold water and wrung out thoroughly, after which, without wiping it dry, put the patient in bed and wrap him up very warmly. In this case, be sure to give the patient a tablespoon of cold water, juice, fruit drink or compote to drink.
Full cold wrap
More effective procedure, which reduces high temperature and increases the secretion of sweat, is to completely wrap the entire body: lay a woolen blanket on the bed, on top, slightly backing from the edge, put a dry sheet or canvas (the coarser and more porous the material, the more wrapping is more effective; canvas or rough linen is best), place another sheet on top of it, soaked in cold water and wrung out thoroughly. It is important to remember that the higher the body temperature, the lower the water temperature should be. At low temperature and a feeling of chills (sometimes in deeply chronic people the flu occurs in such a non-temperature form), the water should be warmer and there should be more blankets on top. At very high temperatures, you can divide the procedure for lowering the temperature into two stages (in fact, into three, because at temperatures above 38C you must first do an enema - see more below - and then do the wrap). First, wipe the patient from head to toe with a damp towel or quickly throw a cold wet sheet over him, rub him very vigorously with your hands quickly on top of this sheet, and then lay him naked on another wet sheet prepared on top of a woolen blanket and a dry sheet on the bed, quickly wrap him up , and each leg must be wrapped separately, in a separate edge of the wet sheet (the arms can lie along the body, but then a wet fold should be laid between them and the body), quickly wrap a dry one on top of the wet sheet, then a warm blanket, and it is advisable to put it on something else warm. After all that has been done, the patient lies swaddled, like a baby, only his head is free. If there are complaints about headache, you can put a kitchen towel (folded to the size of your forehead) on your forehead, also soaked in cold water. To speed up the sweating process, you can mix cold water with vinegar in the above proportions.
For small children who do not like having their hands tied, you can wrap only the torso from the armpits and below in a damp sheet, and wrap them in a dry and warm sheet with their hands. Warming occurs very quickly, especially if you place a hot heating pad between the blanket and the damp sheet at your feet. For sick kidneys, you need to put another heating pad on the kidneys, and for a sick liver - on the liver. The mother or grandmother, being near the wrapped child, should give him hot diaphoretic tea with honey or raspberry jam at this time.
If they want the patient’s temperature to simply drop without sweating, then it is enough to lie down for 10-15 minutes. A wet general wrap for an hour to an hour and a half (until sweat appears on the forehead) is a strong diaphoretic procedure. After profuse sweating It is imperative to wipe the patient with a damp towel soaked in warm water, and it is best to take a warm shower, and do not unroll the sheets until the patient is under water. Only brave people, accustomed to contrasting temperature changes, can take a cold shower or douse themselves with cold water after a general wrap. After the shower, you need to rub yourself thoroughly and go to bed. You can repeat the diaphoretic tea.
It is very useful to accustom young children to wrapping in advance, turning it into a game: “treat dolls” or little animals, wrap them together with a toy in something dry just to fill their hand, and in case of illness, do the wrapping quickly and deftly. Small children generally tolerate three-quarter wraps much easier, i.e. when a wet towel or piece of canvas is wrapped only around the torso from the armpits to the groin, then a dry towel, and then wrapped on top in a woolen scarf or handkerchief. At the same time, wet cotton socks, soaked in cold water and wrung out, are put on your feet, and woolen socks on top. As already mentioned, you can put a shirt and sweater on the child right over the wrap, and then he does not feel constrained and can calmly play in bed. This wrap is effective not only for elevated temperature, but also for abdominal pain of an ulcerative, gastritis or enterocolitis nature, unless, of course, the doctor has ruled out the possibility of appendicitis.
For sick kidneys, you should put a hot heating pad under the kidneys and give you diaphoretic tea to drink, which must include “kidney” herbs. In the book “My Hydrotherapy” Sebastian Kneipp advised taking an ordinary clean bag (only in our time you need to make sure that it is made of real canvas and not synthetic). The patient can quickly get into such a bag, wetted and wrung out, without outside help and wrap himself warmly in a warm blanket. You can soak a cotton robe or even a simple training suit in cold water and vinegar, and then wrap something woolen on top and wrap yourself very warmly. With any variant of general wrapping, you must comply following rules: wrap up warmly, do not forget about heating pads and diaphoretic tea, do not wake up under any circumstances if the patient falls asleep in the wrap, which, by the way, happens very often, be sure to take a shower after the wrap and rest for at least another half hour, do not go outside after the wrap , do not wait for a “miracle”, but patiently continue the wraps for several days in a row, each time improving your well-being and health.
Of course, mothers who want to try non-medicinal methods of reducing fever with wraps on their children should first try the procedure on themselves to ensure its safety and effectiveness. They will feel the compress quickly become warm. This is explained by the fact that from cold water the capillaries, the smallest blood vessels(if you stretch them in one line, they will stretch for 100,000 km!) instantly narrow and immediately expand reflexively, blood begins to flow through them faster, and with it accumulated slag waste arrives at the skin, which is released out with sweat. You should always remember that short-term exposure to cold water gives a tonic effect that activates blood circulation (remember how the skin burns if you wipe yourself with snow!), and long-term use of warm and hot water(you have to be careful with the latter!) gives a relaxing effect, relieves tension, stress and gives a feeling of relaxation.
An increase in body temperature is a protective reaction of the body against exposure pathogenic bacteria and viruses. Under the influence of temperature, the immune system activates specific cells - leukocytes and antibodies, and begins to produce interferon. Therefore, harmful microbes stop multiplying and die. In addition, by increasing the temperature, the body adapts to variable conditions environment. An increase in body temperature to 38-38.5 °C is not dangerous. However, high temperature (39-40 °C) can affect the cardiac and respiratory systems, as well as the liver and kidneys, significantly worsening general state child. Particularly dangerous are changes from the central nervous system(the child becomes depressed, his consciousness is disturbed) and convulsions that occur when the body temperature rises.
Reasons for rising temperature:
1. In children, body temperature may vary depending on their emotional state and some factors - food, sleep, physical activity, crying, etc.
2. Fever can be caused by an acute respiratory viral or bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract. She is accompanied characteristic symptoms colds: runny nose, sore throat, cough, watery eyes, etc.
3. Temperature may increase with diseases of the central nervous system ( birth injury, hemorrhage, tumor), endocrine diseases(hyperthyroidism - increased function thyroid gland), under the influence of painful stimuli (pain with urolithiasis, cholelithiasis, acute diseases of the peritoneum), after the action of foreign irritants (bruise, fracture, hematoma, burn), with the use of certain medications such as caffeine, ephedrine, a number of antibiotics, sulfa drugs.
4. There is also a vegetative increase in temperature. It most often worries teenage children and is caused by the peculiarities of their hormonal levels.
Body temperature measurement:
The normal temperature is considered to be 36.6 °C, but this is a conditional norm, since there are individual characteristics body. One child has a normal temperature of 36 °C, and the other - 37 °C. In addition, the temperature varies throughout the day by as much as a degree. The temperature is not the same different parts bodies.
You can measure the temperature in the armpit: the conventional norm is 36.6 °C, the normal temperature in the mouth is 37 °C, in the rectum is 37.6 °C.
The most accurate temperature measurement is in the rectum. Lubricate the tip of the thermometer with Vaseline and gently insert it into the anus. This procedure should not cause the child any pain or discomfort. To accurately measure temperature, the thermometer must be in anus 2-3 minutes.
When emergency assistance is required:
When the temperature rises above 38 °C in children in the first three months of life.
If the child has already had seizures and they may appear again when the temperature rises.
If the temperature has risen in a child with a disease of the central nervous system or with heart and vascular defects, as well as with some hereditary diseases- galactosemia, phenylketonuria, etc.
At temperatures above 40 °C.
If antipyretics do not work and the temperature continues to rise.
What to do in case of high temperature:
1. If the temperature rises infant, check first if he is dressed lightly. Unwaddle or undress the baby, give him the opportunity to move freely and take an air bath. The temperature may have risen due to overheating. Measure the temperature after a few minutes.
2. If the child is older than three months and tolerates elevated temperature well, that is, his skin is pink, warm and slightly moist to the touch, then the temperature can not be reduced to 38.5 ° C. Let your child drink more often - rosehip decoction, cranberry and lingonberry juice (not sour), tea with lemon. Place a cool, wet cloth on your forehead.
3. If the temperature is high, undress the baby, wipe the body with water at room temperature (or do a water-vinegar rubdown). If his feet are cold, apply a heating pad with warm water to them, and put on woolen socks. If vascular spasm does not go away, the limbs are still cold, give the child no-shpa.
4. If the child’s arms and legs are warm, continue wiping with water (for older children, half and half with vodka or vinegar) until the fever goes away.
5. If the child has severe chills, warm him up first (you cannot wash him with cold water, as this can increase vascular spasm and worsen heat transfer). Give your child an antipyretic - paracetamol, Panadol, Calpol, Tylinol, etc. Medicines containing ibuprofen are also used (for example, Nurofen for children).
6. Many drugs are available in several forms - syrups, suppositories. Best used for small children rectal suppositories, for example, eferalgan from 0 to 5 months, which already contain an age-appropriate dose of the substance. Medicines begin to act within 30-40 minutes.
7. If, 1-2 hours after taking the antipyretic drug, the temperature remains above 40 ° C, sit the child in a bath with warm water reaching his navel. Rub the baby's body with a sponge or towel for about 20 minutes. To prevent the temperature of the water in the bath from dropping and the child feeling chills, periodically add water to it. warm water. Quickly dry (but do not rub) the baby. Dress him in light clothing and give him something to drink. Keep the room pleasantly cool.
8. For severe headaches, place an ice pack or pre-frozen water-filled heating pads or small plastic bottles on the child’s head through a diaper or thick towel. It is more convenient to use special gel packets, which are sold at the pharmacy. They are cooled in the refrigerator and applied to the forehead. They are suitable for any part of the body, taking its shape.
9. If a child has a hard time tolerating an increase in temperature or has previously had convulsions when the temperature increased (so-called febrile convulsions), then reduce the temperature starting from 37.5 ° C, without waiting for it to rise further.
10. With a very rapid decrease in elevated temperature (by 2 °C per hour):
The baby needs to be warmed up;
apply a heating pad to your feet;
give him strong tea;
change clothes if the child is sweating, and rearrange the linen if it becomes wet.
11. With a vegetative increase in temperature (without signs somatic diseases), especially in adolescent children, use valerian, motherwort, Corvalol (the number of drops corresponds to the age of the child) or sedatives prescribed by a doctor.
Water-vinegar rubdowns
The alcohol solution quickly evaporates from the surface of the body and due to this, heat transfer increases and the temperature decreases.
Prepare the following mixture: 50 ml of 9 percent table vinegar (diluted 1:1), 50 ml of vodka and 50 ml of water.
Moisten a bandage or cotton swab with the resulting solution and wipe (without rubbing) the child’s chest, stomach, back, arms, and legs, especially carefully rubbing the palms, soles, and inner surfaces of the arms and legs. Then let it dry and repeat the procedure 2-3 more times.
After drying, dress the child in pajamas and put him to bed. Do not wrap your baby up, as the temperature may rise again.
Note!
Do not pour cold water on a child with a high temperature or rub it with alcohol. Also, you should not wrap a child who has a fever in warm blankets!
Note!
A premature baby should not be left naked, since he has a very high heat loss and can become hypothermic.
Non-drug methods to reduce high fever
Full wraps for children after one year
Fill a container with about 1 liter of cold water or herbal infusion - chamomile, yarrow, St. John's wort. Soak a cotton cloth in this liquid and wring it out. Then quickly wrap it around your baby's body, leaving his arms and legs free. Wrap the baby in a sheet or thin blanket, then in a thicker blanket or blanket, leaving the face and feet free. Wear socks soaked in cold water and wrung out on your feet, and warm woolen socks on top of them. Leave the child in this cold compress for 45-60 minutes, during which time give him a warm drink.
Make sure your child doesn't get cold. In this case, cover him with another warm blanket and place a warm heating pad at his feet.
At the end of the procedure, prepare a warm bath for your child. Unwrap your baby and quickly soak him in a bath of warm water, then pat him dry with a towel and put him to bed.
After 15-30 minutes, dress the child in clean underwear. You can rinse your baby in the shower instead of a bath. If the child falls asleep during the procedure, he should not be woken until he wakes up on his own.
Cold wrap for children under one year old
Place a terry towel or blanket across the crib or changing table. Then soak a folded diaper in cold water and place it on top of the towel or blanket. Undress the baby and place him on his back on a wet diaper. Slightly lifting the baby in the diaper, wrap the loose ends of the wet diaper around chest baby. Now soak in water and wring out the second diaper, which you attach to the baby’s chest.
Wrap your baby in a dry towel, blanket or blanket and place him in the crib for 30-45 minutes. After this, undress the baby and dry him with a dry towel, then put on dry underwear.
Do cold wraps once a day and only at temperatures above 38 °C. Wraps can be alternated with vinegar or alcohol rubdowns. It should be remembered that cold wraps are used only when body temperature rises above 38 °C. Low-grade fever(37-37.5 °C) requires the use of hot wraps.
Reducing fever with an enema
Used for enemas hypertonic solution: salt and herbal infusion of chamomile flowers.
Saline solution: 1 tbsp. spoon of salt per 1 glass of lukewarm water.
Chamomile infusion: take 3 tbsp. spoons of chamomile flowers in a glass of water, boil in a water bath for 15 minutes or brew in a thermos.
The enema balloon (bulb) must have a soft tip. Enema volume for children depending on age: up to 6 months - 30-50 ml, from 6 months to 1.5 years - 70-100 ml, from 1.5 to 5 years - 180-200 ml, from 6 to 12 years - 200-400 ml.
Before use, boil the enema bulb for 2-5 minutes, then cool and fill with the prepared solution. Remove excess air by lightly squeezing the balloon until liquid appears from the upward-facing tip; lubricate the tip itself with Vaseline.
Place an infant on his back with his legs raised up, and a child over one year of age - on his side with his legs pulled up to his stomach. Insert the tip of the balloon carefully into the anus so as not to injure the rectal mucosa to a depth of 3-5 cm for children younger age, by 6-8 cm - older.
Slowly squeeze the bulb and squeeze out all the liquid into your rectum. Then, without releasing the balloon, carefully remove the tip. To retain fluid in the intestines, squeeze the child's buttocks for a few minutes. After this, bowel movement occurs.
Note!
Pharmacies sell disposable sterile plastic balloons with tips and ready-made solutions for cleansing enemas of various volumes for children of different ages.
Note!
At inflammatory diseases intestines, you cannot use enemas without consulting a doctor!
Sometimes a child’s illness comes upon the head like an uninvited mother-in-law, and, naturally, as a consequence of the illness, an increase in temperature. Everyone knows that an increase is the body’s protective reaction to the virus inside the child. The first thing parents do is give an antipyretic and call a doctor, but don’t panic. Calling a doctor, of course, won’t hurt, but an antipyretic...
If a child has a high temperature of 38.5 or 39 degrees C, wait with the tablets, because anyway, the tablet is made chemically and is not beneficial for child's body. In most cases, fever can be managed without the use of medications.
What to do?
First, you need to open the window; viruses go away faster in a ventilated room. Yes, yes, don’t be afraid to put your child to sleep with the window open, however, pay attention to the temperature in the room, it should be 17-18 degrees C. Make sure that there are no drafts in the house.
Secondly, the child should be undressed, under no circumstances should he be wrapped or covered with a warm blanket; it is better to cover him with a diaper.
Thirdly, wipe the child with warm water, not hot or cold, but close to the baby’s body temperature; you should also not wipe with alcohol, this can confuse the body and, on the contrary, increase the temperature. You need to wipe slowly, starting with your feet, then your arms, stomach, back.
Fourthly, give a hot drink, this can be a decoction of rose hips, chamomile, if it hurts, milk with honey or green tea with honey, blackcurrant compote, cranberries. Give drinks as often as possible, since at elevated temperatures, the body’s water balance sharply decreases (increased sweating).
Fifth, wrap frozen ice cubes in a rag or gauze and apply them to areas of the child’s body where large vessels are located, such as the groin and axillary areas. You can put a cold towel on the child's head if it makes him feel better.
Now you can measure the child’s temperature again, if the temperature has dropped by at least 0.5 degrees C, then everything is fine, continue to carry out the above procedures. If the temperature remains the same or rises, then you cannot do without an antipyretic. It can be in syrup, in a tablet or dissolved in water, as the child prefers, but try to immediately give half the recommended dose; sometimes this is enough.
What not to do if your child has a fever
Cover the child with a wet sheet or towel. Put the child in a cool bath, steam his feet, wrap him in a warm blanket, wear woolen socks, put mustard plasters or jars, self-medicate using the advice of friends and give medical supplies, not prescribed by a doctor.
Do not leave the child alone, do not allow him to watch TV (cartoons); if the child can read, do not allow him to do this; it is better for you to read him your favorite story or fairy tale yourself.
Do not force the child to lie down if he does not want to and generally do not force the child to do anything he does not want. Be interested in what the child wants (to drink, eat), his body itself knows what is best for him, and, in no case, do not push him what you think is light and healthy food (the body is fighting the temperature, it does not need to lose its resources on digestion of food).
And one more very important thing. When your baby is sick, he simply needs you; your warmth, affection, gentle voice promotes recovery much faster than medical supplies. Mothers often forget about this and leave the baby alone in the room with his virus, bringing only tea and pills.
Tactile contact with a loved one is very important during illness; sometimes the temperature remains high not even because of the virus, but because of the psychological state (absence of mother, feeling of uselessness). So let's help our little ones.
Unlike the rack, the Spanish boot, the “iron maiden” and other types of painful torture, water torture was so loved by the executioners of antiquity for one reason - outwardly very simple and not requiring special devices, they had a greater effect on the psyche of prisoners. As a result, even the most persistent of the victims broke down as soon as the jailer threatened with water execution. Something similar is now happening with Russian banks and DIA, which the Central Bank, headed by Nabiullina, seems to be torturing and killing drop by drop.
Unlike the rack, the Spanish boot, the “iron maiden” and other types of painful torture, water torture was so loved by the executioners of antiquity for one reason - outwardly very simple and not requiring special devices, they had a greater effect on the psyche of prisoners. As a result, even the most persistent of the victims broke down as soon as the jailer threatened with water execution.
In medieval Germany, drinking torture was often used, in which the victim was forced to drink a large number of water for a short time. This led to stomach distension, poisoning and ultimately death. Often the victim's mouth was forcibly held open by inserting a funnel into it and pinching the nose. Thus, the person had no choice - he was forced to swallow water in order to take another breath. This type of torture was especially popular due to the fact that it did not cause serious bodily harm to the victim and then he could be tortured for a very long time. Depending on the severity of the guilt, they could pour from 4 to 15 liters. Over time, the executioners changed the angle of the board to which the victim was tied so that the weight of the filled stomach would compress the lungs and heart. Periodically, the executioners hit the swollen stomach, causing a vomiting reaction, and then repeated everything again. This is how, in the 17th century, the French police managed to “split” famous poisoner Marquise de Brenvilliers, who had previously completely denied all accusations of the atrocities committed. IN new history This torture was used by Japanese militarists when they tortured prisoners of war in death camps during World War II.
Torture with boiling water was much more painful. They could scald the body with it, or they could completely immerse the poor fellow in a vat of heated water. Lowered first to the ankles, then to the knees, the victim was actually boiled alive.
In turn, the Spanish Inquisition loved to use this type of torture: tied up man They laid him on his back, tilted his head and started pouring water on his face. The unfortunate man experienced symptoms of suffocation and felt as if he was drowning. This psychological effect is a permissive trough in which the heretic was laid. His mouth and nose were covered with a wet rag. Then the executioner began to pour water on her slowly and for a long time. Soon the rag was stained with blood coming from the victim’s nose and throat, which the person began to choke on. The result was death.
However, the torture invented by the ancient Chinese was still considered the most sophisticated and terrible. The man's head was fixed, the top of his head was shaved, and water from a vat fixed at a height fell drop by drop onto his crown. Within a few hours the unfortunate man lost consciousness, after which he was brought back to his senses. This torture could continue for several days.
At the same time, the most severe suffering was caused by the monotony of torture. At first, the person did not even pay attention to the dripping water, then he began to get irritated, tried to free himself, tightening himself even more tightly, and eventually became numb and fell into unconsciousness. Each new drop felt like a hammer blow to his head. Cold water spasms blood vessels, inhibiting an increasing area of the brain. Depending on the duration of the torture, the victim would eventually go crazy or die.
Something similar is now happening with Russian banks and DIA, which
Video: How to apply a warm compress
An elevated body temperature indicates that the body is actively fighting an infectious disease; if the temperature is above 38.5 degrees, the organs suffer from huge pressure, a person suffers from intoxication of the body. Most often it is recommended to reduce it with antipyretic drugs, but you can choose less safe means- compresses that are good at knocking down and do not affect the liver or stomach.
Compresses to reduce body temperature
A compress with vinegar helps a lot; it does not affect the internal organs. Vinegar is a substance that evaporates, and this process leads to a decrease in body temperature. Often many drugs do not help, only a compress saves.
To prepare a compress, you need to take a glass of water, add a spoonful of table vinegar, then soak gauze in it and put it on the forehead, calves, open the person, no need to put plastic on top.
Please note that there are currently few high-quality products; vinegar should be used with extreme caution, especially for children, as it can lead to serious allergic skin reactions. Although some antipyretic drugs affect not only externally, but also internal organs, that’s why parents choose this method.
Compress for fever for a small child
To prepare it, you need to take water and add a small amount of vinegar, moisten a handkerchief, squeeze it out and apply it to the forehead, cover the child with a towel on top. Can be used if the temperature is higher than 38.5 degrees; the temperature cannot be lowered.
You can also cure a sore throat with the help of such a compress. To do this, you need to take a potato, grate it, add a little vinegar, and carefully put everything in gauze. Apply the compress to the sore throat and wrap a scarf on top.
Using vinegar compresses, you can normalize your heels, thus softening the skin; this method is used for minor burns.
Features of compresses at temperature
1. With the help of a wet one, you can ensure that your body temperature begins to fall. In this case, the patient feels intense heat, then you need to remove the compress and put a cold one first on the forehead, then on the calf and wrist area. Cover yourself with a blanket.
Video: Is it possible to rub a child with vinegar and alcohol to reduce the temperature? - Doctor Komarovsky
2. In cases where the temperature is up to 40 degrees, a warm compress cannot be used, only a cool one is allowed, so the temperature will not rise even more. The procedure is carried out until the temperature completely begins to drop.
Compress based on essential oil at a temperature
In cases where the temperature is very high, you need to take bergamot oil, eucalyptus and honey for a compress, apply everything on the forehead. They also recommend the following recipe: take half a glass of alcohol, essential oils and apply the compress to the area of the calf muscles, you can rap the soles, for this nessesary to use vegetable oil, essential oil from cedar, fir, rub into the skin until it becomes dry. Then put on warm socks.
Proven recipes for compresses for fever
Rub the patient with alcohol or vodka, starting from the feet to the head, then change into dry clothes, especially when a large amount of sweat is released at the temperature. A person will be pleased when coolness touches a hot body. The temperature noticeably drops by 5 degrees, the person feels better.
You can use an vinegar-alcohol compress. To do this, add a tablespoon of alcohol and the same amount of vinegar to a half-liter jar of water, rub the person completely, then take a newspaper, a fan and blow it well, so the heat quickly comes out and the temperature begins to drop.
If the temperature is 38.5, use a 3% bite, you can apply it to the feet, knees, and chest. In case of high temperature up to 40 degrees, you must use vinegar 6% or 9%. Compresses are made from it, gauze is moistened and applied to the entire forehead. As soon as it heats up, you need to replace it with a cold one. After half an hour the patient feels better and can go to bed.
A small child can be wrapped in a damp towel for 20 minutes, with the heel and head exposed. But this method can be used then if there is no chill, if there is one, it is best to take a shower for 20 minutes. It is also recommended to drink raspberry tea and mulled wine with added spices. The more sweat you produce, the faster your body temperature will drop.
Side effects of compresses on temperature
Please note that alcohol and vinegar are strictly prohibited for use on small children; it can lead to febrile seizures, allergic reactions such as itching, rashes, and breathing problems may occur. In this situation, you need to immediately remove the compress and wipe the skin with water. Newborns should not be smeared with alcohol, their skin is thin, serious intoxication may occur, and the child may die from poisoning.
Thus, compresses for fever are a universal alternative antipyretic remedy. Despite all the advantages, you need to take into account age, body characteristics and how the components can affect your health. It is best to consult a doctor before use. He does not recommend using warming compresses when he has a fever; they can further increase the temperature and worsen the patient’s condition; only cooling compresses will help get rid of fever, chills, and convulsions. Such compresses should be used with extreme caution for small children.
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There are many various diseases, in which a person’s temperature rises. It could be chickenpox, flu, colds, ARVI, or other diseases. A rapid rise in temperature is especially dangerous for infants and young children. Medicines that reduce fever are not suitable for everyone; children should not use them at all.
At home, you can successfully bring down a sharply risen temperature with various folk remedies and methods. Using herbs, some products, and ancient recipes, you can relieve fever without using medicine. These methods are suitable for pregnant women, all small children, and other people who are allergic to medicinal preparations. The main thing is not to panic, act quickly and calmly.
There are many methods on how to bring down the temperature without using medicines and tablets. You will need raspberries, cranberries, currants, vinegar, alcohol, linden flowers, chamomile. Decoctions and alcohol tinctures made from these products will help reduce fever and relieve headaches.
Reducing temperature with alcohol or vodka
This method is suitable only for adults; children should not be rubbed with alcohol. Any alcohol or vodka is required. A small towel or cotton pad needs to be moistened alcohol solution, diluted with water in a ratio of one to one. You need to wipe your forehead, armpits, and the backs of your hands. The method is suitable when you need to quickly bring down a high temperature in the absence of tablets.
It is forbidden to rub alcohol heavily into the body; wrapping it in a blanket is also prohibited. Unpleasant sensations will pass, you won’t have to endure the chills from the cold towel for long. This method is recommended even by doctors; it is the most effective of all.
Relieving fever with vinegar
You can reduce the high temperature with regular table vinegar. To do this, dilute a tablespoon of 9% vinegar in a jar of water, taking it in an amount of 500 milliliters. Moisten a towel with the liquid and wipe the skin. For adults, you can wipe the entire surface of the body; for children, only their feet are wetted.
You can make a vinegar compress to quickly reduce the fever by placing a wet towel on your forehead. You need to keep it for a while until it dries or warms up. This procedure will cool the skin and alleviate the condition. After this, you should put on dry clothes, it is recommended to lie down in silence.
Reducing temperature with diaphoretic teas with herbs and berries
Diaphoretic teas have a good effect in reducing fever at home. You need to add linden flowers, chamomile, a couple of spoons of honey to boiling water, let it brew a little under the lid. Raspberries, currants, and cranberries help reduce high temperatures. Place 2 tablespoons of any of these berries in a cup and pour boiling water over it.
You can make a fruit drink from cranberries, lingonberries, and red currants, using them separately or together; it is better to grind all the berries into puree before doing this. It is recommended to drink a couple of glasses of herbal or berry infusion, tea, fruit juice, and immediately lie down under a warm blanket. Having sweated well, an adult or child will soon feel some relief and a reduction in headaches. It is better not to give honey to babies; one fruit drink is enough.
Forest or garden honeysuckle berries, strawberries, and wild raspberries are good for reducing heat. You can simply eat them or pour boiling water over them, make a fruit drink or infusion.
Reducing fever with citrus fruits
Some mothers use lemons and oranges at home to reduce their baby's temperature. They contain many vitamins and invigorate. Two oranges or tangerines eaten by a child can reduce it by a whole degree. After this, you need to lie down in a warm bed, and it is recommended to cover yourself with a blanket. You can additionally drink tea with raspberries, cranberries, and lingonberries.
Preparing an apple-onion mixture with honey To quickly bring down a fever at home, you can prepare a medicinal mixture. You will need 1 large apple, 2 small onions, three tablespoons of honey. Chop the apple and onion and mix the resulting puree with honey. Children are given 1 tablespoon of the mixture; adults can eat two at once. After three hours, the dose is repeated. All this time you need to lie down, trying to move less so as not to have a headache.
Reducing temperature with compresses
A compress with cold water or herbal decoction helps with high temperatures. The most effective decoction of yarrow. Pour boiling water over two tablespoons of dry herb and let stand under the lid. After this, the broth is filtered and cooled. Then a soft terry towel is moistened in this liquid, and the adult’s armpits, forehead, palms, and entire body are wiped with it.
An infusion of fresh mint gives the same effect. You can use bags of dried chamomile from the pharmacy. At the same time as the compress, you should drink more of any unsweetened warm liquid, mineral water, or boiling water.
Preparation of soda solution
To reduce a fever in a child or adult, you can cook soda solution with warm water. Take 2 tablespoons of soda per glass of water. Mix everything well and let it drink at once. One glass is enough for children, adults can drink two. This method will not cause any harm; the soda will then be excreted from the body in feces.
To quickly bring down a high temperature, it is recommended to use these methods in combination, wiping the baby with vinegar and forcing him to drink fruit juice, healing tea with linden. An adult can be given a decoction to drink, wiped with vodka or alcohol, and forced to eat honey. In all these cases, it is still not worth treating with traditional methods; if the fever does not subside for several hours, you need to call doctors and take medicine.
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What is hyperthermia? Hyperthermia- this is, in other words, an increase in body temperature. I am sure that, one way or another, you are familiar with this phenomenon. This is not a disease, but a symptom. It manifests itself when viruses or any other bacterial infection, say, influenza or dysentery, as a reaction to a vaccine or allergic reaction. This symptom is defense mechanism, which allows the body to fight infection. Thanks to this mechanism, the body's immune response to the disease is enhanced.
However, everything is good in moderation. If the temperature rises quickly, then the load on breathing and blood circulation also increases with it. The patient's breathing becomes more frequent and heavier. The pulse also quickens. But the tissues of the body still lack oxygen and, as a result, hypoxia develops ( oxygen starvation), which primarily affects the central nervous system, and children develop seizures.
Just imagine the situation. Your child’s behavior has not changed, but his cheeks are unnaturally red and his eyes are shiny. What attentive parent wouldn't wonder what's wrong with their child? He will take your hand or put his hand to his forehead. The skin is warm and slightly damp. But people don’t always pay attention to increased breathing and heart rate, unless they are pronounced. And perhaps at this moment a thermometer pops into memory. When taking measurements, it suddenly turns out that the baby has a temperature of 38°C.
This is the so-called “red” hyperthermia. This type of hyperthermia occurs most often in children. Antipyretic therapy for such hyperthermia gives good effect, and when rubbing the skin with alcohol, “goose bumps” do not appear.
Help with “red” hyperthermia
Undress and put the child to bed
- Provide access fresh air, but without drafts
- Give as much fluid as possible throughout the period of hyperthermia.
- Do not force feed
- Use physical methods cooling: blowing with a fan, cold wet bandage on the forehead, cold or ice on the area of large vessels (groin, axillary area)
Wiping the child with a sponge at a temperature of 39°C and above with a sponge moistened with water at a temperature of 30-32°C every half hour for 5 minutes. If you use water at a lower temperature, the antipyretic effect will be worse. Can be used for wiping with a mixture of vodka, water and vinegar: mix vodka, 9% (!), table vinegar and water in equal volumes (1:1:1).
At body temperatures above 40.5-41°C, cooling baths can be taken; the child is immersed in a bath with water at a temperature 1°C lower than the child’s body temperature, and then the water is gradually cooled to 37°C. In this case, heat transfer will be 3 times higher than after other cooling methods.
If within 30-45 minutes drug treatment body temperature does not decrease, it is necessary to call ambulance, For intramuscular injection lytic mixture.
But it also happens - the baby is lethargic and boring. He doesn’t want to play or watch cartoons. He can only complain about the cold. Of course, the parent will also pay attention to this condition and take a closer look at their baby. And his skin is pale, marbled, his lips and nails have a blue tint, and his arms and legs are cold. If you do not provide help to the child, then agitation, delirium and convulsions are possible. Because this is already “white” hyperthermia. It develops due to spasm of peripheral vessels. At the same time, the possibility for the body to give off excess heat to the external environment disappears and heating occurs internal organs. Conventional antipyretic therapy is not enough in this case.
Help with “white” hyperthermia
Call an ambulance.
- Dress the child to keep him warm.
- Give an antipyretic drug simultaneously with the no-shpa tablet. No-spa is needed to relieve spasm of peripheral vessels.
- Give me a hot drink.
- DO NOT USE physical cooling methods.
If you have white fever, you need to monitor your child very carefully and measure his temperature every 30 minutes. When the temperature drops to 37.5°C, you can stop further activities, as the temperature will drop further on its own. But a child with “white” hyperthermia must be examined by a doctor and hospitalized.
But if a child, against the background of a rise in temperature, regardless of its numbers, experiences a deterioration in his condition, chills, muscle pain, poor health, and pallor skin, then it is better to start lowering the temperature immediately.
For children who are at risk, antipyretic therapy is started for “red” fever at a temperature above 37.8 °C, and for “white” fever - even at 37.0 °C.
At-risk groups
Children of the first 3 months of life;
- With a history of febrile seizures;
- With pathology of the central nervous system;
- WITH chronic diseases heart and lungs;
- With hereditary metabolic diseases.
When the body temperature rises above 38°C, the child may experience febrile convulsions. As a rule, they are observed at a height of temperature and stop when it decreases. Their duration ranges from several seconds to several minutes. Such seizures can occur in children aged 6 months to 5 years. In most children, seizures are hereditary.
First aid for febrile seizures
Call an ambulance
- Place the child, but in a specific position - on his side with his head lowered below the body
- Clear Airways from mucus. To do this, wrap a napkin around your finger and clean your mouth in one circular motion.
- Undress the baby
- Provide access to fresh air
- Administer an antipyretic drug, but in suppositories
- Calm yourself and calm those around you
There's just a little bit left to add. The range of antipyretic drugs in pharmacies is huge. Before using any drug, read the instructions. If you don’t know what to buy, then use better known remedies, for example, give Panadol, paracetamol, aspirin, or antipyretic suppositories. But, attention, aspirin and cefecone suppositories for children early age use is not recommended. Until the ambulance arrives, continue to cool the baby.
I hope nothing like this ever happens to your child. But knowledge is never superfluous.
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Red and white hyperthermia in children. Control measures.
Fever (hyperthermia) accompanies many infectious and inflammatory processes in the body and is a protective reaction.
If the child’s temperature does not exceed 38.5 degrees, then there is no need to reduce it. The exception is a history of convulsive syndrome or serious organic damage to the central nervous system. For such children, the temperature begins to be reduced if it reaches 38 degrees. But if an ordinary child’s temperature approaches 39-40 degrees, then the fever becomes dangerous and can lead to disruption of the basic functions of the child’s body; it must be dealt with.
Hyperthermia can be red and white. The measures of assistance in both cases are somewhat different.
RED HYPERTHERMIA.
The patient's entire body is hot to the touch, the skin is pink, the child is "bursting with heat."
ACTION ALGORITHM.
- Recommended drinking plenty of fluids. It should be cool. These can be juices, fruit drinks, rosehip decoction, mineral water, cooled tea with lemon, etc. Fruit drinks made from cranberries and lingonberries have a particularly good antipyretic effect.
- The child does not need to be covered with a blanket, on the contrary, he needs to be completely undressed. Part of the heat will thus leave the surface of the body through physical heat transfer and evaporation.
- The process of heat transfer and evaporation can be enhanced by wiping the child’s skin with vodka, half-diluted alcohol or table vinegar (diluted with water).
- Use physical cooling methods. You can place a napkin moistened with cold water on the child’s forehead and change it often. You can also use an ice pack wrapped in a towel for this. In the area of passing major great vessels It is also recommended to use cold water bottles or ice packs. This is the neck and groin area. Physical cooling effectively reduces temperature.
- If your body temperature is approaching 39 degrees, then give single dose antipyretic drug based on paracetamol in an age-specific dosage.
- If hyperthermia is very high and your measures are ineffective, then call an ambulance. The child will be given a lytic mixture, which includes an antipyretic and antihistamine.
WHITE HYPERTHERMIA.
With white hyperthermia, the skin is pale, the arms, legs, and forehead are cold to the touch due to vascular spasm.
ACTION ALGORITHM.
- Drinking plenty of fluids is recommended. But it must be warm! Warm tea, rosehip decoction, herbal infusions.
- The child’s body must be rubbed and massaged until redness appears. Warm the periphery: arms, legs. Put on socks, mittens, and cover the child.
- You can use classic antipyretics traditional methods treatment. These are raspberry and linden wood. The infusion is brewed at the rate of a teaspoon per glass of boiling water and given to the child with warm tea.
- If your measures are ineffective, call an ambulance. The composition of the lytic mixture for white hyperthermia includes not only an antipyretic and an antihistamine, but also an antispasmodic (no-spa, papaverine), which opens the vessels of the periphery, eliminating their spasm.
For acute respiratory viral infections and influenza, children should not be given analgin and aspirin - these drugs increase vasospasm and can damage the kidneys
They say that high fever with respiratory viral diseases knocking down is not necessary: it indicates that the body produces interferon, which helps fight microbes.
At the same time, there were cases when, due to fever, children developed cerebral edema and experienced convulsions, says the head of the pediatric department of younger children in the city children's hospital. clinical hospital No. 2 Kyiv doctor highest category Lydia Pobedimskaya. - How younger child- the higher the risk of such a complication. If the baby has already had convulsions during fever, then the temperature should not be allowed to rise above 37.5 degrees. In older children, it is advisable to pay attention to the complexion: if it turns red, then the temperature does not need to be lowered. Paleness and sweating indicate that the blood vessels are in spasm and blood circulation is impaired. Such a child definitely needs to bring down the fever.
What's the best way to do this?
Previously, for colds, people were mainly prescribed analgin or aspirin. Today, scientists have come to the conclusion that these drugs cannot be used to reduce fever, as they increase vasospasm and can harm the kidneys. In case of ARVI, it is advisable to give the child drugs from the group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs based on nurofen, ibuprofen or paracetamol, carefully observing the dosage prescribed by the doctor. With their help, you can slow down the inflammatory process and reduce the temperature. The effect of such drugs will be in a few hours. Not all parents know this and try to speed up the process by giving the child a large dose or several drugs on the same basis. As a result, the child ends up in the hospital not only with a high fever, but also with drug poisoning. A wet towel or napkins will help to quickly relieve the heat - they are placed on the forehead, armpits, and in the groin area, where large blood vessels pass. After some time, the towel and napkins are moistened with water and placed again. If you have a fever, you should not cover your child with a blanket that is too warm - it is better for him to be undressed.
During illness, the baby usually eats poorly, complains of nausea, and sometimes even vomits.
The cause may be intoxication of the body from viral infection, pill poisoning, junk food, liver enzyme deficiency. Vomiting can also be a sign of inflammation of the membranes of the brain, so you should definitely call a doctor. Before his arrival, it is necessary to replenish the loss of fluid in the child’s body: give him a teaspoon every two to three minutes ordinary water, tea, still mineral water. If the baby drinks a cup of water in one gulp, vomiting will occur again. How smaller portion, the greater the chance that the liquid will be absorbed. You can use a rehydron solution (a packet per liter of water) - it replenishes the salt balance well.
What to do if your baby starts having seizures due to a high temperature? Will rubbing the body with vinegar, alcohol or vodka help reduce the heat? What measures should be taken to protect against infections? Is it necessary to boost a child's immunity?
To these and other questions from our readers today, October 23, from 15.00 to 16.00 Lidia Anatolyevna Pobedimskaya will answer on the FACTS direct line.
