The right way to physically reduce fever in infants

Physical methods to reduce fever in infants include reducing clothing and blankets, drinking lukewarm water, antipyretic patches, warm water swabs, ice packs and other ways to lower the temperature. 1. Reduce clothing and covers: Infant fever may be wearing too much clothing or quilt too thick, etc., to reduce clothing and quilt appropriately, through the release of heat to lower the temperature. 2. Drinking warm water: after the baby has a fever, drink more warm water, let the baby sweat, urinate, so that the body’s metabolic wastes and toxins through the sweat, urine, while supplementing the body’s need for water, which is conducive to lowering the body temperature. 3. antipyretic paste: body temperature 38.5 ℃ can use antipyretic paste to reduce body temperature, antipyretic paste in the gel of moisture vaporization, can be the body of excess heat evaporation, so as to achieve the effect of cooling. 4. Warm water swabbing: Warm water swabbing can also reduce body temperature, water temperature control in 32 ~ 34 ℃ or so, with a warm towel to wipe the baby’s neck, armpits, groin and other blood vessel-rich location to help dissipate heat. Physical antipyretic is suitable for infants with a body temperature of 38.5℃ or less, and medication is taken to lower the temperature above 38.5℃.