Fever is supposed to be the most common symptom in children, but whenever a child has a fever, mom and dad are still anxious. They want to do something for their children, hoping that they will get better faster. However, if parents do not know about fever, they will make the opposite effort and cause the condition to worsen. For example, when a child has a fever, nine times out of ten the parents will think of using a cold towel to put on the child to lower the temperature. This is not necessarily the right approach. When to use cold towels, and when to use hot towels, but there are a lot of things to do. First, let’s talk about why the child will “burn” up. Fever is the result of “external enemies” and “human immune system” battle. The human body temperature is regulated by the central nervous system. When a child is sick, it may be a viral infection, a bacterial infection or a mycoplasma infection, etc. When an external enemy comes, the body’s immune system marches to meet it. The enemy is like water and fire, it is not like a war between countries, there is no room for negotiation. So when the two sides meet is a white-hot battle of life and death, the human body temperature will rise. Does the body temperature rise when the central nervous system gives the order? Of course not, the central nervous system then orders, there must be subordinates to carry out the order to do so. Parents should pay attention to this time, the child’s body temperature is in a “rising period”. When a child has a fever, he or she will be so cold that he or she will shiver, and if parents are careful, they will find that goose bumps are coming out on the child’s body, which is actually when his or her body temperature is on the rise. Baby fever care Second, when the child’s temperature rises to use hot towels Why do some parents take the child’s temperature, you will find that the child is still 38 ℃, a dozen or twenty minutes later, it became 39 ℃? The reason is here, because the child is in the “temperature rise period”. At this time, parents should not use cold towels to apply. The body surface already needs heat, you then use a cold towel to compete for heat, that only allows the central nervous system to give more “severe” orders, the child’s body temperature will certainly rise even higher. So, when your child is in the feverish stage of temperature rise, you must use a warm towel to wipe your child’s belly, armpits, leg fossa, these areas of large blood vessels. In this way, the child’s body temperature may still rise, but not too high at once and appear high fever, or even convulsions, seizures. When the child’s body temperature is in a stable period, for example, the fever has been maintained at 39℃ for a short period of time, this means that the release of the central medium of fever is finished or has come to an end. At this time, parents can use a cold towel or ice pack to put a compress on the child’s head, or use a cold towel to wipe the armpits, neck, leg sockets and other areas where large blood vessels are distributed. This will help to cool down the fever and prevent the child’s body temperature from rising again. This period is characterized by the predominance of the heat dissipation process, the role of thermogenic sources in the body gradually disappears or diminishes, and heat production begins to decrease. The blood vessels on the skin of the child’s body begin to dilate, and the child will sweat a lot at this time. Just like when we had a cold and fever as a child, our elders would say “sleep under the covers, sweat and you will be fine”, that’s the reason, when sweating, most of the time it means that the fever is in remission. This time use a cold towel to help dissipate heat and make the fever go down a little faster.