How to treat gastrointestinal fever

Gastrointestinal fever may be caused by viral or bacterial infections, and should be treated with physical cooling, medication, and anti-infective methods as prescribed by the doctor. 1. Physical cooling: If the body temperature does not exceed 38.5 degrees, you can take physical cooling, such as warm water bath or paste antipyretic patch, in warm water bath should be large blood vessels distribution of rich parts, such as armpits, groin, palms, feet and other parts of the rubbing a few times, can promote the fever. 2. Drugs to reduce temperature: If the body temperature exceeds 38.5 degrees, in addition to physical cooling, but also need to actively take oral antipyretic drugs, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen and so on. 3. Anti-infection treatment: for viral infections, there is no specific anti-viral drugs, mainly drink more water; if it is caused by bacterial infections, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to take oral antibiotics, such as norfloxacin, levofloxacin and so on. Gastrointestinal fever should be timely consultation, with the doctor to take treatment, especially the use of drugs must follow the doctor’s instructions.