Hyperthermia
The human body regulates its temperature within the normal limit of 36.6 – 37.1 ° C, by increasing the secretion of sweat from the body in the summer, and by increasing the burning of calories during the winter, but at times the body may suffer from a rise in Temperature due to exposure to a range of pathological causes.
Causes of high temperature
- Infectious diseases such as influenza, cancer, otitis media, and gastroenteritis resulting from exposure to a microbial or parasite.
- The stage of the emergence of teeth, a stage experienced by children when they start teething, and sometimes infected by adults when the emergence of windmills.
- AIDS, a very serious disease that affects all members of the body and ends with death.
- A group of drugs that are symptomatic of high temperature, and this type of elevation is transient and disappears once you stop using the medicine.
- Exposure to the sun for a long time leading to a blow to the sun increases the temperature rise.
- Infectious food poisoning due to unhealthy food and contains types of bacteria causing high temperature in addition to colic and diarrhea.
Symptoms of high temperature
- Feeling chills and fatigue most of the time.
- Cooler limbs are heavily heated with the rest of the body areas.
- Increased secretion of sweat from the body.
- Feeling dry and thirsty permanently.
- Inactivity and fatigue when doing simple daily tasks.
- A high reading of heat is observed when using a mercury or electronic balance, and it is always preferable to stay away from the mercury balance because a break has caused mercury to be poisoned around it.
Home heat reduction methods
- Use cold compresses and place them on the forehead and on the sides, and medical alcohol can be added to the compresses as they give a better result to lower the temperature.
- Sit in a bathtub of cold water.
- Relieve clothing for body.
Methods to reduce the temperature medically
- Take anti-fever drugs that are available by age in pharmacies.
- Checking your doctor If temperatures continue to rise for more than two days, being very serious for children may be an indicator of the infection of the esophagus that affects the brain membranes.
Important tips when the temperature rises
- Excessive intake of liquids from water and natural juices.
- Refrain from eating foods high in fat and heavy as they increase the rise of heat and lead to vomiting.
- Eat yogurt with mashed garlic, as it increases the resistance of the body and kills bacteria in the stomach that may be conducive to that rise.