Low fever with hot or cold towels

Low fever means that the corresponding body temperature reaches or exceeds 37.3 degrees, but has not reached 38.0 degrees, when there is usually no obvious discomfort, but it is also considered a fever, so you can also use towels to reduce fever at this time. The towel used can be a cold towel, if at this time there is no obvious fear of cold, but instead there is a fear of heat. Cold towels can be used on the forehead, or the neck area, or dip wet and twist half dry, and then wipe these areas, the skin of other parts of the body can also be wiped, through the evaporation of water can take away the heat. If you use a cold towel directly on the forehead, then it is mainly by heat conduction to cool down. But if the patient has a relatively cold performance, this time the cold towel on, the patient will feel uncomfortable, so this time you can use warm water dipped in wet towel, the temperature of the warm water to close to body temperature, so as not to make the body afraid of cold and other discomfort aggravated. If the patient has fear of cold, and cold hands and feet, this time you can also use hot towels, hot towels on the hands and feet parts, can make the local blood circulation increase, so that the blood in the center of the body can be better circulation to the extremities, this way can promote heat dissipation.