How to bring down a fever of 37, 38, 39, 40 in a child

No matter how much we take care of our children, they still get sick. There is not a single person in our country who has never been sick. In pediatrics there are many diseases that are accompanied by fever. This is quite natural, because almost all infectious, inflammatory, viral diseases are accompanied by an appropriate reaction of the body, in which the body temperature rises. Even recovery processes in the body is impossible without a rise in temperature. It can rise to various indicators. Therefore, today both in pediatrics and in neonatology, the question is acute: how to bring down the temperature of 37, 38, 39, 40 in a child.

How to bring down the temperature of a child at home with folk remedies?

The search for alternative ways is very justified, because it is not a good idea to give a child medication for the slightest reason from childhood. They do not pass without a trace, and almost always affect health (negatively). At the same time, do not knock down a high temperature is also impossible, because it creates a load on the body, reduces resistance, tires the child. Temperature over 39 can be fraught with serious complications, including heart, kidney, liver. As for the temperature over 40 degrees - it can end in death, because at this temperature denaturation (breakdown) of proteins, including blood proteins.

Therefore, if it is possible not to take medications, it is better not to take them. Because it means that there is an inflammation or infectious process, and the immune system is activated. When the temperature is raised to certain indicators, the body is activated, triggers the basic metabolic processes, chemical and biochemical reactions. But when the temperature is over 38, it is already necessary to give antipyretics, because this means that the body does not cope independently and it needs help. The load on the body is excessively high. To begin with, it is worth trying folk remedies. And only if they prove ineffective, you can switch to pharmaceutical means.

• Recipe #1.

Perhaps each of us from childhood is familiar with the old method of rubbing, which was used to treat our grandparents. If a child has a fever, it should be undressed, completely rubbed with vodka or alcohol, making wide, rubbing, massaging movements. The body, warmed by the temperature, will quickly absorb the vodka. After that, the child should be covered with several layers of a warm blanket and given a chance to sweat.

• Recipe #2.

Make tea from linden leaves. It is better to brew a whole kettle of such tea at once, to drink as much as you want, because it is necessary to drink plenty of water, so that the infection and toxins, more quickly removed from the body. You can prepare tea at your discretion, according to taste. On average, one kettle of 2 liters requires 2-3 medium-sized sprigs of lime. You need to brew the leaves together with the bark. If at the same time on the branch there are flowers, it is great. This will only enhance the healing effect.

• Recipe #3.

The well-known tea from raspberry leaves, with the addition of juice and raspberries themselves, as well as honey, is good to bring down the temperature, and also eliminates the inflammatory process, prevents the development of infection.

• Recipe #4.

Tea with calamus helps well in the treatment of respiratory tract diseases. Quickly and effectively relieves the inflammatory process, eliminates pain syndrome, and, as a consequence, relieves fever.

How do you bring down a fever with vinegar?

Vinegar is an essence. Pure vinegar should not be used, as it will cause a chemical burn to the skin. Provoke the development of an allergic reaction, ranging from hives, rashes and skin irritations to severe anaphylactic shock, loss of consciousness, coma.

Therefore, before you start to bring down the temperature with vinegar, you need to check the child's reaction to vinegar. It must be diluted. Dilute in a ratio of about 3:1, where 3 parts - water, 1 part of vinegar. First you need to lubricate a small area of skin on the back of the palm, hold for a few minutes, and see the reaction. If strong redness, rash, blisters did not occur, you can use the resulting solution.

It is necessary to soak a bandage or gauze in the solution and put it on the forehead. Or it is recommended to completely rub the child with this solution, and tightly cover him with several layers of blankets so that he sweats. After this it is necessary to immediately change all wet clothes.

How to bring down a fever - pills

There are many modern medicines: it can be both tablets and syrups various. Well-proven themselves nais, nimesil, nimegesic, ibuprofen, panadol, novigan. No worse and active substances known from ancient times: analgin, aspirin, parametsatomol, and other antipyretics. Modern industry is replenished every day with more and more medicines, both for children and adults.

Ibuprofen

A drug that is available both in the form of tablets and syrups for children. Modern syrups from temperature have a rather pleasant taste and aroma. There are syrups with the flavor of raspberry, strawberry, lemon, orange. Appointed in accordance with the instruction, depending on the age and body weight of the child. In addition to the main, antipyretic action, it also has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic action, relieves pain.

Novigan

It is a modern drug prescribed to children to reduce fever. It is often prescribed for fever that develops against the background of infectious and inflammatory processes, when teething. To reduce the temperature that accompanies recovery processes, postoperative periods. Well-proven itself in the treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory processes, congestion. Sometimes the body temperature rises in children in the postvaccinal period. In this case, you can also give Novigan.

Analgin

Represents one of the best-known remedies (pure active substance, without impurities, additives). Analgin does not cause side effects, allergies. The temperature is knocked down in almost 100% of cases.

It is worth noting that there are some contraindications - it is not recommended for patients with gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. Also, the drug is prohibited for patients suffering from hemophilia (reduced blood clotting). In this case, the blood becomes more liquid, since analgin has the ability to thin the blood. A person may bleed at the slightest injury.

It is considered a relatively safe drug. It is given even to newborn babies. For children from birth to 3-4 months it is recommended to give 1/8 tablet in case of fever. It can be dissolved in milk or water, can be given with a spoon or syringe (without a needle), previously dissolved in a small amount of water.

Children from 3 months to a year can be given a quarter of a tablet when the temperature rises above 38 degrees Celsius. Children aged 1 to 3 years are allowed a third of a tablet, from 5 years - half a tablet. After 12 years of age, a tablet is given for fever.

How to bring down a fever without medication?

The fever can be brought down even without the use of medicines. So, you can try the above described rubbing the child with vodka, or a solution of vinegar. With a fever, you must necessarily put on some socks, warm pants, sweater, and lie in bed, covered with a warm blanket completely, including the neck and ears. It is necessary to sweat well, so that all the clothes were completely wet, and sleep. This will reduce the temperature. After that, it is necessary to change all wet clothes, because if you lie in wet clothes, you can get a complication in the form of pneumonia, bronchitis.

Also apply various folk, homeopathic remedies, it is recommended to drink a lot of water, tea, herbal decoctions. Quickly reduce the temperature allow such plants as sage, linden, raspberry, honey, kalina. At night you can drink honey with milk, or hot tea.

Folk remedies for coughs

Temperature is often accompanied by a cough, because inevitably the mucous membrane is affected, an inflammatory process develops, affecting the throat, nasopharynx, respiratory tract. When coughing, it is necessary to necessarily give anti-cough remedies: cough syrup, which can be prepared not only in the pharmacy, but also at home yourself. First of all, from coughing has a positive effect plantain, mother and stepmother, sage, linden, raspberry, stolonifer and other means. You can prepare from them decoctions, infusions. Lipa and raspberry can be drunk as a tea. In milk is often added honey or cocoa butter. Drink it mainly at night.

You can use cough lozenges, lozenges and compresses. You can rub your back and chest with oil and grease products. If there is no fever, you can steam your feet and make inhalations.

How to bring down a fever of 39 in a child with vodka

Vodka almost always brings the fever down quickly. It can be used as a rubbing agent. It is necessary to pour a little vodka, moisten a handkerchief, bandage or gauze, rub the body. After that, cover with a warm blanket, go to bed. You can also apply a compress of gauze soaked in vodka. Only it heated, or dried, you can change, and put a new gauze. Sometimes it is worth wrapping the baby in a diaper soaked in vodka.

How to bring down a fever of 39 in a breastfed baby

"How to bring down the temperature of 37, 38, 39, 40 in a child" is one of the most difficult questions. He can be given special syrups. The safest remedy is analgin, since it is a pure active substance. An infant requires about an eighth of a tablet. It can be dissolved in a small amount of water, and given with a spoon or syringe without a needle. It can be added to a bottle of water or milk. It should be taken into account that it is bitter in taste, so the child may refuse. It is also possible to make the pill enter the baby's body through the mother's milk. To do this, the mother needs to drink about 2 tablets of analgin 20-30 minutes before feeding. At this time, the maximum amount of analgin will be in the milk.