How often to rub the body with warm water for fever

When the fever using warm water to wipe the body, to help reduce fever is relatively large, in general, if the fever is more serious, the body temperature is relatively high, the wipe time needs to be shorter intervals, generally interval of about 20 minutes or ten minutes can use warm water to repeat the body wipe once. If the fever is not very serious, the body temperature is not particularly high, the wiping time can be slightly extended, such as interval of half an hour or about 40 minutes and then wipe the body, for the effect of reducing fever is better. When wiping the body with warm water, especially in the armpits, groin, neck, hands and feet, which are rich in blood vessels, the wiping time can be slightly longer, and the effect of lowering the body temperature will be stronger. If the effect of warm water wiping the body is not very good, the body temperature is still greater than 38.5 degrees, this time can not simply rely on physical cooling to reduce fever, but should also actively use antipyretic drugs, you can use ibuprofen suspension.