I believe many people have had similar experiences. When you have a cold and fever, your parents will quickly stuff you a cold medicine, and then let you put on a thick pajamas and lie in the quilt, cover it tightly, and say to you, "Let's have a good sleep, and you will get cured by sweating."
When you sweat, it seems that it will cool down. If it cools down, it will cool down, which means it will reduce the fever. This logic is very reasonable in many parents. The technique of covering sweat and relieving fever has also been spread for decades, but is this correct?
Let’s first look at an example. "Do you still believe that "sweating can reduce fever"? A 1-month-old baby boy died of sweating and dehydration, and hypoxia.》
The so-called cold and fever are basically divided into three stages, namely: body temperature rise, continuous high fever, and body temperature drop.
Many people think that sweating can reduce fever, but in fact, they make a mistake in the cause and effect relationship of fever reduction. Our body does not reduce the fever after sweating, but after taking the medicine, the medicine takes effect. The excess calories are relieved by sweating, and a lot of sweating occurs.
After we take cold medicine, if we insist on covering it tightly, it will not only be detrimental to the recovery of the disease, but also cause sweating to dissipate heat in the body, causing our body temperature to continue to rise. Think back, do you still remember when I was a child, I felt like I was wrapped in a small stove? If you do not replenish enough water at this time, it may cause your body to be dehydrated.
Now someone is asking questions, "I often sweat when I have a cold now. I feel that the cold is getting better faster, and there is nothing wrong with people."
If the child is older or an adult, sweating may not cause too serious consequences. After all, if you feel uncomfortable, you will express your feelings to your parents or lift the heat and get out of bed and walk around. But if the person who is sweating is a baby who has no behavior and expression ability, it is very likely that a new problem will be caused, that is, "heat syndrome".
Heat syndrome is also known as "baby hypoxia syndrome". Babies who have been covered for too long will experience hypoxia, high fever, constant convulsions, excessive sweating and dehydration. This disease is a high incidence period in autumn, winter and spring. For newborn babies, there is even a risk of death.
In addition, the alcohol antipyretic method commonly used by parents is actually risky for babies. When children have a fever, they apply alcohol to their bodies. Under the dilated capillary state, there is a certain chance of alcohol poisoning.
This kind of minor problem of fever will occur many times during the child's growth. As long as it is treated or treated in time, it will be fine. However, we should not use this kind of "good recipe" that has been passed down for hundreds of years.
Document source: "Popular Science China"
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