Body temperature
Normal body temperature ranges from 37 to 38 degrees Celsius, varies from person to person but revolves around this rate, and when it exceeds the normal rate, it is indicative of the existence of a disease and must reduce the temperature of the body so as not to exacerbate and deterioration of health, It is noteworthy that the reason for the warming of the body is the presence of defense and fight from white blood cells and platelets against germs and viruses, and when the temperature rises in the body must be ways to reduce the body temperature until the recovery of human health.
Ways to reduce the temperature
- Many people resort to using snow to reduce the temperature. This is a very wrong method if it is placed incorrectly. The simplest method is to use normal water, not cold water, and preferably to wash the patient’s body with normal water. Some people use compresses or ice bags under the armpits and between the thighs. The temperature drops quickly, and in cases of high temperature to 40 degrees Celsius to reduce the temperature as much as possible by water and ice packs and call the doctor immediately to reduce them to normal heat.
- When the temperature rises both inside and outside the body it is recommended to reduce the clothes and the room is well ventilated, and advised to paint the body with medical alcohol in the abdomen and under the armpits, because they are the most hot areas in the body, so it is also advised mother if the temperature of her child to paint the previous areas With medical alcohol or vinegar.
- Bathing is the most effective way to reduce high temperature. It works on the recovery of the body whether it is hot or internal heat due to illness, but bathing in ordinary water and not hot water.
- If the patient’s temperature is high, it is preferable to drink hot drinks, especially boiled medicinal herbs, because they help a lot in fighting viruses and bacteria. It is recommended to eat boiled chamomile as well as boiled mint, and can also be taken antibiotics that work to reduce the high temperature spent by the doctor or brought from the pharmacy.
- If the body temperature rises in the summer, it is recommended to drink plenty of fluids, especially drinking water; to compensate for the loss of the body during the exercise of many of the work, along with the water plenty of juices moist and refreshing, and eating summer fruits that contain a large proportion of water to strengthen the body During the summer and high temperature, it is also forbidden to drink hot drinks of natural herbs also, and in the summer is advised to wear cotton clothing so as to absorb the heat the body acquires from the atmosphere.