Hyperthermia
The human body is exposed to many diseases, some of which are accompanied by high temperature or fever, where the temperature rises to thirty-nine and more, the heat causes tiredness and fatigue to the body of the patient, and causes the rise if not reduced by headaches and damage to the brain, which leads to hearing damage and speech and then epilepsy Therefore, when the patient feels warm, the temperature should be reduced to the natural level so as not to lead to complications that lead to damage to the body such as paralysis and in other cases lead to death, and the heat is reduced by using a drug or by cold compresses, A piece of cloth is moistened in water and then placed on the head, and places where compresses are placed in different locations.
Place compresses
The compresses should be immersed in cold or lukewarm water. As for the ice packs, they cause chills to the patient, causing the skin to shrink, closing the pores that perform heat, reducing the secretions that reduce heat. And others recommend not to put the cool compresses on the head so that the head does not suffer a painful headache.
To get a better result in the reduction of heat quickly, the cold compresses are placed on the chest and the children and on the arms and legs. Compresses are also placed on the places where large vessels, such as on the sides of the neck and under the arms and thighs, are the most vulnerable areas of the body. the heat.
When compresses are placed, the compresses should be dipped into normal water and placed on the head, armpits or feet. The compresses are also placed on the abdomen and the compresses are worn around the arms and legs. After five minutes, compresses from the normal water are placed again until the temperature drops, It is recommended that when the compresses are placed, the patient should be given the antihypertensive drugs. The patient should be placed in a comfortable room with air currents, and the clothes worn by the patient should be relaxed. The compresses are then placed in the places mentioned above. In patient mode And the temperature of the patient should be observed and measured every quarter of an hour to make sure the fever is gone or the fever is rising.