The central body temperature condition is not yet well developed in children and many diseases begin to manifest themselves through fever. Especially winter is the high season for respiratory diseases, and fever is one of the most common symptoms. When repeated or persistent fever reaches 38.5℃ or higher, often accompanied by vomiting and convulsions, parents should give oral antipyretics and take the child to the doctor in time to avoid more serious complications. When the fever is lower than 38.5℃, physical cooling often becomes the main choice for parents to reduce the fever of their children. Physical cooling sounds simple, but when you think about it, do you really know how to do it? In the face of a feverish baby, young parents are often at their wits’ end. Physical cooling, you do the right thing? Let’s learn together. What is physical cooling? Physical cooling is a method to reduce body temperature by promoting skin heat dissipation, and is currently the easiest and safest clinical cooling method, mainly warm water baths, ice packs, ice caps, etc. Physical cooling is suitable for children with body temperature below 38.5℃. If children have cold hands and feet, a history of febrile convulsions and chills before high fever, they should actively apply antihypertensive drugs and assist in physical cooling, and early hospital consultation is recommended after symptomatic treatment. Family physical cooling is commonly used is warm water scrubbing bath, available 32 ~ 34 ℃ warm water, to parents with the inner wrist skin does not feel hot appropriate, focusing on scrubbing the neck, armpits, groin and other large blood vessels travel parts, rather than parents commonly used palms, feet, front chest and back, until the baby’s body temperature down to normal or slightly high. Physical cooling is supplemented with as much warm water as possible to avoid gastrointestinal symptoms and coughing caused by cold water. You can also take a warm bath: the water temperature is about 3 to 4°C lower than the child’s body temperature, for 5 to 10 minutes each time. Many parents think that babies with fever should not take a bath, in fact, on the contrary, giving a warm bath can help to cool down the baby, but it is contraindicated for those who are critically ill; of course, care must be taken to avoid getting cold again after the warm bath. For children, warm water baths are sufficient, alcohol baths are not recommended, especially for those with alcohol allergies. Have you learned how to cool down physically?