Fever of 39 degrees should first clarify the cause of the disease, for the cause of the treatment. Generally can be taken to deal with: ① hydration, prevention of dehydration; ② physical cooling, you can use warm water bath or alcohol bath; ③ oral antipyretic drugs, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen. ④Actively target the cause of treatment.
1. Hydration: When you have a fever, your body’s metabolism increases, and you excrete too much through sweating or skin evaporation, which makes you prone to body dehydration.
2. Physical cooling: you can use warm water or alcohol to wipe the armpits, neck on both sides of the aorta area, can help the body dissipate heat.
3. Oral antipyretic medication: If the body temperature does not drop after physical cooling, oral antipyretic medication, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen, is needed.
4. Treatment of the cause of the disease: If the disease is caused by viral or bacterial infections, after examination and confirmation of diagnosis, anti-viral or anti-infectious treatment should be taken actively. If the fever is caused by non-infectious diseases, such as leukemia and other systemic diseases, the patient should be treated with antibiotics, interferon to improve immunity, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation if necessary.
Fever of 39 degrees is a high fever, should be dealt with in time, if the temperature does not fall, we should go to the hospital in time, if necessary, can be injected with antipyretic drugs treatment.