Should I use a hot towel or a cold towel when my baby has a fever? Which towel should I use when my baby has a fever?

In summer, the temperature difference between morning and evening is very large in many places. If you don't pay attention, your baby will catch a cold. Today, let's talk about whether to use a hot towel or a cold towel when your baby has a fever. Fever is a common disease in children. Good care can speed up your baby's recovery. Please see the detailed introduction below.

What towel should I use when my baby has a fever?

When the child's temperature rises, use a hot towel

1) Why do some parents find that their children's temperature is still 38℃ when they take their children's temperature, but it becomes 39℃ after ten or twenty minutes? The reason is here, because the child is in the "temperature rising period".

2) At this time, parents must not use cold towels. The body surface needs heat. If you use cold towels to compete for heat, it will only make the central nervous system issue more "strict" orders, and the child's body temperature will definitely rise higher.

3) Therefore, when a child is in the fever stage, you must use a warm towel to wipe the belly, armpits, legs and other areas where large blood vessels are distributed. In this way, the child's body temperature may still rise, but it will not rise too high at once and cause a high fever, or even convulsions or seizures.

A cold towel can be used when the child's temperature is stable, falling or in the late stage

1) When the child's body temperature is in a stable period, for example, the fever is maintained at 39°C for a short period of time, this means that the release of the fever central mediator has been completed or has come to a temporary halt.

2) At this time, parents can apply a cold towel or ice pack to the child's head, or wipe the armpits, neck, leg pits and other areas where large blood vessels are distributed. This can help the child cool down and prevent the child's body temperature from rising again.

3) In addition, during the period of body temperature drop, that is, the period when the body slowly dissipates heat, you can use a cold towel. The characteristics of this period are that the heat dissipation process is dominant, the effect of the heat source in the body gradually disappears or weakens, and the heat production begins to decrease. The blood vessels on the surface of the child's skin begin to expand, and the child will sweat a lot at this time.

4) When we caught a cold and had a fever when we were young, our elders would say, "Just cover yourself with a blanket and take a nap, and sweat it out, and it will be fine." This is the same principle. When you sweat, it usually means that the fever is easing. At this time, using a cold towel can help dissipate heat and make the fever go away faster.

When a baby has a fever, should I use a hot towel or a cold towel?

Can I use a cold towel on my baby's forehead when he has a fever? After bathing the baby, put on clothes and wait for about 20 minutes. Parents can touch the child's body with their palms, such as the sides of the neck, chest, abdomen, etc. If the child's skin is still very hot, you can use a hot towel to wipe the baby's whole body.

Can I use a cold towel on my baby's forehead when he has a fever? Note: Use a hot towel to wipe from bottom to top, because the baby's skin is like tiles on a roof, covering from top to bottom. Wipe the body every 15 minutes. Use a household rubber hot water bottle, fill it with half a bag of cold water and put it in the freezer under the refrigerator. Take it out after half an hour, wrap a thin towel on the surface of the hot water bottle, and put it on the child's shoulder as a pillow when sleeping.

Why do people have a fever?

Fever is caused by the upregulation of the body temperature regulation center located in the hypothalamus of the brain. Although the body temperature of a normal person will fluctuate slightly throughout the day, the hypothalamus's body temperature regulation center will try to regulate the normal body temperature at around 37°C by increasing the body's heat dissipation or heat production.

When germs (including vaccines) invade the human body, the human body will use some defense mechanisms to fight against the invasion of germs, such as bactericidal white blood cells and lymphocytes. Fever is the most important signal to activate the human body's defense mechanism. The hypothalamus's temperature regulation center causes fever by increasing the level of body temperature.

Fever is the physiological resistance process of the human body against pathogens, which plays a protective role for the human body. When dealing with fever, we should not only focus on body temperature. There are many causes of fever, such as respiratory diseases, colds, tonsillitis, pneumonia, digestive diseases, acute gastroenteritis, diarrhea, rash diseases, roseola infantum, chickenpox, etc., which may cause fever. It is important to find the cause of fever under the guidance of a doctor and treat it correctly; at the same time, keep the body temperature below 38.5℃ to avoid high fever convulsions.