How to bring down the temperature of a child's folk remedies?

High temperature accompanies many different diseases in children. And in each case, the fever of the child leads the parents to "full combat readiness." Since doctors say that fever is extremely dangerous for young children, moms and dads have a reasonable question, how to bring down the high temperature, preferably without using medication. From tablets and mixtures, as is well known, there is also considerable harm in addition to benefits, especially for a child’s body. To the aid can always come folk recipes - safe and reliable.

Everyone knows that high fever is not an independent disease. This is a symptom, a protective reaction of the body to the invasion of some foreign agent, to the inflammatory process. Heat - this is clear evidence of the invisible work of immunity, which fights against the causative agents of a disease.

The heat, oddly enough, has good intentions - in conditions of high temperature microbes are more difficult to multiply, replication of viruses slows down. If the thermometer has passed the mark of 40.0, the microorganisms generally lose their ability to reproduce.

But in case of heat and fever, phagocytes begin to multiply actively - defensive cells. They feed on malicious invaders, both viruses and bacteria, devour and digest them. The higher the temperature, the more actively the phagocytes “hunt”.

All this is available and logically explains why in most cases the temperature in a child should not be beaten down at all.

37 °, 37.5 °, 38 ° and a little higher - not a reason to immediately stuff your baby with antipyretic drugs. It is necessary to give immunity a chance to develop a reliable defense, and pills that bring down the heat “forbid” him to defend himself properly.

And now we offer to see the release of Dr. Komarovsky on emergency care at high temperature.

The reasons for which the temperature rises, are diverse. In the smallest, this can occur with teething. Almost all viral infections are accompanied by high fever. Fever accompanies meningitis, influenza, ARVI, sore throat, tonsillitis, sinusitis, kidney disease and gastrointestinal tract.

The heat has negative sides. For example, high fever (above 38.5) significantly increases the load on the heart, which can be dangerous for children with congenital heart defects and newborns. Heat has a negative effect on the state of the nervous system and the brain. Excessively high fever (about 40.0) can cause irreversible changes in the structure of the brain, cause disturbances in other organs, primarily in the kidneys, liver and pancreas.

You can not rely on traditional medicine if the heat has risen and lasts for several hours in newborns and children up to a year. In the case of crumbs that have just come into the world, there is an imperfect system of thermoregulation, at a temperature they rapidly lose heat and moisture, dehydration can occur, a convulsive syndrome, respiratory failure can begin.

In the next video - the advice of Dr. Komarovsky is not a topic of children's temperature.

Folk ways to reduce the heat should not be tested on babies whose temperature stays steadily above 39.5 for more than three days. In this situation, medications are also required, and both “paracetamol” and “Ibuprofen” are suitable.

Folk remedies will not be able to replace qualified emergency medical care with the use of antipyretic drugs in tablets and injections. They are necessary if the child has high fever accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea, the baby complains of abdominal pain. Such conditions require immediate response, as vomiting and diarrhea contribute to a very rapid loss of fluid, which for a young child is fraught with death in the case of late medical care.

Do not start home treatment with available means if the child has a history of serious diseases of internal organs (congenital or acquired). In this situation, any temperature jump to 38.0 or higher should be a signal to sensible parents that it is time to call a doctor or an ambulance.

If the fever is accompanied by convulsions, loss of consciousness, pallor and severe lethargy, it is also a reason to immediately seek medical help, and not to give the baby tea with honey and raspberries.

Children can be cleaned with water at room temperature. This gives a slight and short-term effect, usually within half an hour the heat returns. But wiping with water is harmless, so they can be repeated with enviable persistence and frequency.

Small children are allowed to do enemas with warm water. Children up to six months injected into the rectum no more than 60 ml of fluid, children from 6 months to a year - no more than 160 ml. This procedure has one very important minus - any enema is not too useful for the intestinal microflora, and therefore it is worthwhile to think carefully several times before lowering the baby's temperature in this way.

It can also be used for wiping. Concentrated acetic acid (70%) is not suitable for these purposes, need a weak solution - a maximum of 9%. It must be diluted in equal parts with water at room temperature. The resulting acidic liquid wipe the body of the baby stripped to the pants, avoiding the face, genitals. Then they give the body to dry and cover the child with a thin blanket. You can not put a baby on. As in the case of ordinary water, the effect of such a procedure lasts no more than 30-40 minutes, then rubbing should be repeated.

If you make small gauze lotions on the temples, forehead, calves, and the inside of the elbow with such an acetic solution and hold until drying, the effect will be less pronounced, but a little more long-term.

A very popular way to reduce the temperature implies not pure vodka, but its 50% solution with water.This composition is rubbed on the child, and then wipe with a towel for 30-40 minutes. This method, although laborious, is very effective and in some cases only one or two procedures are enough for the heat to decrease and not to rise anymore. But many doctors are opposed to this method of reducing the temperature.

And now we will listen to doctor Komarovsky about rubbing with vinegar and alcohol.

Compresses with this tool are placed on the vein area on the inside of the elbow. There is a delicate and thin skin, so it is important to observe that the pickle does not cause any aggressive irritating reaction. This method, many parents appreciate as quite effective.

The stock of these swamp berries should be in the freezer of every family that has children. Cranberry juice with high heat is an excellent diaphoretic. It allows you to reduce the temperature within half an hour after taking the drink. The effect lasts for several hours.

Herbal tea, which can be brewed from the flowers of this tree, contributes to increased perspiration and, therefore, a rather rapid decrease in the temperature of the thermometer. Herbal collection sold in any pharmacy, it is necessary to brew, taking a teaspoon of raw materials and pour a glass of boiling water. Insist on such a healing tea for about half an hour, after which you can add a spoonful of honey. This method is not suitable for small children, because linden and honey are quite strong allergens.

A liter jar of needles should be turned into a mush using a conventional meat grinder, mixed with honey (no more than two tablespoons). To mix everything. From the resulting mass you need to make small tortillas. One of them is put on a piece of cloth and applied to the baby’s chest, the second to the back. Hold for about 15 minutes, after which for half an hour the temperature should start to decrease.

Ginger peeled and rubbed on a grater. The resulting tart mass must be metered carefully. On half a cup of warm tea you need to put no more than half a teaspoon of ginger mixture, stir and give the child a drink. The heat will subside almost immediately. In addition, ginger has a tonic effect. Ginger tea is not suitable for children up to 6-7 years old, it can cause irritation of the digestive system.

The onset of the negative effects of heat in children, especially in small ones, is several times higher than in adults. Convulsions and loss of consciousness, respiratory disorders and the development of acute heart failure cannot be predicted in any way, these states have practically no precursors.

We will listen in the next video, than dangerous self-treatment of childhood diseases.

• First of all, a baby with a fever should be stripped down to panties or a diaper. It is possible to cover the child only with a bed sheet, and not with three blankets and a down shawl. It is strictly forbidden to snuff a child with a high temperature!
• When wiping with diluted vodka or a solution of vinegar, it is important not to rub the funds into the skin, but only lightly touch them. Intense movements of the hands with a strong pressure on the surface of the child’s body are prohibited, as they cause increased blood circulation and an additional increase in temperature.
• With high heat can not use folk remedies in the form of inhalation.
• Massage, warming, warming compresses at high temperatures are strictly prohibited!
• You can not force feed a child with a fever. Lack of appetite in this situation is a wise decision of nature itself, as an empty stomach and clean intestines help to transfer the disease faster and facilitate its course.
• Do not give the child cold drinks. Such drinking can cause vascular spasm.
• Some parents advise to put a fan at the child’s bed and blow it until the temperature starts to drop. Such a “treatment” is the surest way to pneumonia, experts say. It is better to abstain from blowing.
• You can not bathe a child with a fever in a hot bath or under a hot shower. This will only contribute to overheating.

• It is necessary to measure the temperature of a sick child at least twice a day - in the morning and in the evening, if the fever has risen, and the cause cannot be established at all, there are no other symptoms, measurements should be taken every two hours.
• No need to strive for a rapid decrease in body temperature in a child. The heat should subside gradually. A sharp jump down can greatly harm the health of the crumbs. The best is to reduce by 0.5 degrees in one procedure. No need to reduce more than 1 degree per day.
• Lowering the temperature should always be accompanied by an increase in the liquid in the child’s diet. Abundant drinking regimen is the main requirement of both medication and non-traditional treatment of fever. It is desirable that the child drank fruit drinks, fruit and berry fruit and berries with a high content of vitamin C (black currant, raspberry, viburnum, cranberry, dogrose decoction), but milk and dairy products should be left for later.
• In the room where the sick child with a high temperature lies, it is not necessary to close all windows and doors. On the contrary, the room should be well ventilated, it should not be hot. If the fever fell on the cold season, you need to hang wet towels on the hot batteries in the apartment and make sure that they remain wet. This will help to increase the humidity in the house, which, in turn, will save the delicate mucous membranes of the nose, nasopharynx and larynx, as well as the bronchi and trachea of ​​the child from drying out and inflammation. The optimum air temperature in the room is 18-19 degrees, humidity - 50-70%.
• Folk remedies will be most effective if properly combined with traditional therapy. They perfectly complement the effect of some medications, enhance the effect of pharmaceutical preparations, accelerate the recovery of the child. If there is an overwhelming desire and need to treat your child with folk methods, be sure to consult a doctor. Pediatricians are quite willing to endorse many of the above methods of treating fever. Unless, of course, the child has no serious comorbidities.