Colds in children should be accompanied by high body temperature - this is a protective reaction of the body. The temperature is up to 38 degrees, in the event that the child does not have concomitant diseases, does not require special treatment. Requires dry heat, loose clothing and plenty of drink. The room should not be hot and stuffy.
Increasing the temperature to 39 degrees, in itself, for life is not dangerous. The increase in temperature, in most cases, is a sign of a cold. There are much more serious illnesses that cause a fever. At the first sign of this symptom, you should see a doctor. He will put the correct diagnosis and give the necessary recommendations.
If the cold in children is accompanied by heat, the main thing is that the body gets enough warm water for sweating. Do not make your child drink various curative decoctions, boiled milk or tea with honey. These drinks sometimes provoke allergic reactions, or they may not like it at all. But a warm bath is useful, the water temperature in it should not be above the body temperature. Do not over-tighten the baby, causing sweating, as this can worsen heat removal. It is not recommended to rub the baby with alcohol-containing liquids or vinegar, as their effectiveness has not been proven. Alcohol, absorbed into the body, can affect not the best way on the work of the central nervous system.
When simple means can not cope with high temperatures, you have to use medication. It is not necessary, increasing the dose of medicines, to achieve a decrease in temperature to normal. Enough for the body to reduce it to 37, 5 - 38 degrees.
Antipyretic drugs the doctor does not prescribe in the treatment of antibiotics. It should not be for children with fever to give febrifugal for several days in a row, because in themselves they do not accelerate the process of recovery, but can lead to various infectious complications. More often paracetamol in the form of syrups, or rectal suppositories, is used in world pediatric practice. It is considered to be the safest way to treat children aged three months.
It should always be remembered that the smaller the age of the child, the greater the risk of treatment without a doctor's examination. It is unacceptable, according to the doctors, to give children antihistamines (suprastin, diphenhydramine), as "soothing" drugs. Despite the fact that they depress the nervous system, a paradoxical excitation reaction can develop at an elevated temperature. And the most dangerous - these drugs have increased toxicity.
In children with chicken pox, acute respiratory illness, with influenza, a medicine such as acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) can cause Reye's syndrome-severe encephalopathy with hepatic insufficiency and possible fatal outcome. In most countries, because of this prohibit the use of aspirin for children with acute illnesses of up to 15 years. Before you give your child any medicine, be sure to read the instructions for its use.
It should be remembered that with colds in children with fever, an excellent medicine is a dream.
In epidemics, the whole family often suffers. And adults, too, need proper care. They need slightly different methods to bring down the temperature. For an adult human means of traditional medicine.
Effective is a citrus cocktail. For its preparation, mix: 25 ml of beet, 75 ml of tomato, 100 ml of lemon or apple, 100 ml of orange juice.
Raspberry is used both separately and in different collections. At high temperatures, raspberry juice with sugar acts as a good refreshing drink. From dried fruits, try to make a tincture. A glass of boiling water brew 1 tablespoon of fruit. Let it brew for 20 minutes. Take a glass of hot infusion 2 times a day.
For an adult, without serious concomitant diseases, a solution of weak vinegar will help. It is necessary to moisten in this solution a waffle napkin and rub the skin. In this procedure, the surface vessels expand, after 5 minutes the temperature decreases. This procedure can be repeated as the temperature rises.