Be alert to the danger brought by high temperature!

In hot weather, fever has become a common symptom. However, if the high fever lasts above 42℃, it may lead to shock, serious complications and even permanent brain damage. This article will introduce the harm of fever in high temperature weather and how to cool it down.

Harm of fever in high temperature weather

When the rectal temperature continues to rise above 465438 0℃, it may cause permanent brain damage. If the high fever lasts above 42℃, it may lead to shock and serious complications for 2-4 hours. When the body temperature is as high as 43℃, the chances of survival become slim. At the same time, hyperthermia can also cause serious damage to brain nerve tissue.

Special situation of children's fever

It is particularly important to note that 7-year-old children may still have febrile convulsions when their body temperature reaches 42℃, although the incidence of children over 6 years old is low.

How to cool down

In the face of fever, besides finding out the cause, symptomatic treatment is very important. A combination of drugs and physical cooling can be used. This medicine is mainly used to reduce fever. If the temperature does not exceed 38.5℃, you can choose physical cooling, such as head, neck, armpit and groin ice, warm water bath, or warm water plus alcohol bath.

Understand fever

Fever is a phenomenon of body temperature rising caused by disorder of thermoregulation center or excessive heat production and reduced heat dissipation. Everyone's normal temperature range is different, which is easily influenced by time, season, environment, menstruation and other factors. Usually, the oral temperature is higher than 37.5℃, the axillary temperature is higher than 37℃, or the daily temperature difference is greater than 65438 0℃, which is regarded as a fever.

The cause of fever

Although fever is common, it is an important sign of disease progress and may appear in many infectious or non-infectious diseases. However, some physiological conditions, such as strenuous exercise, premenstrual period, pregnancy, high temperature environment or hot bath, may also lead to an increase in body temperature, which is a normal reaction of the body's self-regulation.