The high temperature in the child - a huge stress for him, and for the parents. Often in the course are all possible means of reducing the temperature.
But some of them do not benefit, but only harm.
rubdown. Wiping can be done if your child has already reduced the temperature and he sweats in order to accelerate this process.In any case it is impossible to wipe the baby if it chills and temperature is still rising. Remember that wiping can be carried out with water, paying particular attention to the armpits and neck.
No alcohol or vinegar!
Cooling. Cooling may aggravate the disease, if the child is sick, such as pneumonia. Doctors generally use ice prohibited even in the most difficult situations, it causes cold burns and serious consequences.
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inhalation. Parents, remember that inhalation at high temperature is not desirable to do. Physicians believe that it is better to wait until the temperature goes down, and only after that to conduct inhalation procedure.
antipyretics. The easiest and most effective way to reduce the temperature is in the reception antipyretic, and parents, as a rule, do not hesitate.But here too the parents await errors. You can not combine medications without looking back. For example, baby doctors forbid simultaneously give preparations containing paracetamol and ibuprofen. Treatment for young children is most conveniently carried out using an antipyretic candles.
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Closed windows. Drafts - bad, but closing the window - too bad. Without fresh air child will feel worse, and the room will begin to accumulate bacteria, with whom he will have to fight again.
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