Pneumococcal pneumonia has a more acute onset, mostly with chills and high fever, and its cooling needs to pay attention to the inadvisability of using aspirin and other drugs, and the need to assist in wiping sweat when the heat quits sweating, and so on.
1. Due to the fact that the underlying condition is not resolved when cooling, the hasty use of aspirin and other drugs to lower the temperature is likely to mask the condition, which is not conducive to the precise treatment of the patient. Ice packs or alcohol baths should be used for physical hypothermia.
2. Due to the patient’s high fever and cooling, the body of a large amount of fluid loss, cooling needs to be timely rehydration.
3. Patients sweat a lot after cooling down, need to wipe and change clothes in time.
4. After cooling down, the patient’s appetite may be affected, so the patient should be allowed to rest in bed and supplement enough protein, calories and vitamins in time.
Pneumococcal pneumonia patients with high fever need to ensure rest, and actively under the guidance of the physician treatment.