Alcohol is a volatile liquid, and has a certain degree of irritation, in the evaporation at the same time, will take away the heat of the skin surface, and stimulate the skin vasodilatation, accelerate heat dissipation. This method is not applicable to patients with blood diseases with poor coagulation mechanism, the elderly and weak, and children, especially newborns.
The correct way to reduce fever with alcohol needs to pay attention to the correct control of the concentration and temperature of alcohol, the correct choice of rubbing parts and time. Alcohol antipyretic is a commonly used method of physical hypothermia, which is suitable for routine physical hypothermia when the body temperature does not exceed 38.5℃, or physical assisted hypothermia when the body temperature exceeds 38.5℃.
It is recommended to consult a doctor in time after the fever, under the guidance of professional doctors, according to the cause of the disease, reasonable choice of cooling treatment program.