Effectiveness of alcohol body rub for children with high fever

It is not advisable to rub the body with alcohol when a child has a high fever, it is the wrong thing to do. In the past, people often think that alcohol has a certain volatility, can take away the body’s heat, so some old people pass on the use of alcohol to rub the body to reduce fever. In fact, from a medical point of view, alcohol irritation is very large, fever reduction effect is not ideal, and a large area of the baby with alcohol to wipe the body will cause the skin to absorb alcohol, resulting in alcohol poisoning, or even allergies, which is not desirable. The most scientific approach to the baby’s high fever is to choose children commonly used antipyretic drugs orally, with physical cooling can choose warm water bath, warm water bath, pediatric massage can also be. At the same time to reduce fever to clarify the cause of high fever, for the cause of the treatment can be completely cured.