What should I do if I have a fever in winter?

Winter fever is a very common phenomenon. Many people will catch colds and fevers in winter. Because the weather is cold in winter, many people are prone to colds and fevers. Colds and fevers have a great impact on our health, so we should know how to prevent them in our daily lives. So what should you do if you have a fever in winter? What should you eat if you have a fever in winter?

1. What to do if you have a fever in winter

1. Physical therapy:

If the body temperature is as high as 39℃~40℃ and it is difficult to reduce the fever for a while, you can use cold water Apply a soaked washcloth to your head. Pay attention to changing frequently. At the same time, you can rub your chest, back and legs with warm water to dilate superficial blood vessels in the skin and help reduce fever.

Ensure adequate sleep, let the patient sleep on a comfortable bed, and wear looser clothes. The air in the room should be fresh, pay attention to ventilation, do not smoke, and keep the room quiet.

You may sweat after taking the medicine. At this time, do not cover yourself too thickly to avoid excessive sweating and collapse. After sweating, dry it in time and change underwear in time to prevent catching cold.

Drink more boiled water. Patients with fever need more water than usual. This is because the body's metabolic rate increases, sweating more, water consumption is large, the blood is relatively concentrated, the blood flow is slow, and the heartbeat is weak. Therefore, the patient must be given enough water. Patients should be encouraged to drink more water, such as sugar salt water, mung bean soup, vegetable soup, watermelon juice, fruit juice and honey mixed with water.

Patients with fever generally have a poor appetite. At this time, it is necessary to find ways to make easy-to-digest and nutritious foods for the patient, such as millet porridge, rice porridge, soy milk, tofu curd, milk, and yogurt. , lotus root starch, egg soup, sour soup noodles, steamed egg custard, etc., and pay attention to eating small and frequent meals. At the same time, patients should be encouraged to eat more fruits and increase their intake of nutrients to facilitate a speedy recovery.

Pay attention to oral hygiene, rinse your mouth after eating, and brush your teeth in the morning and evening to keep your mouth fresh, feel comfortable, and promote appetite.

The statement that "covering your body with sweat can reduce fever" is wrong. Fever in the human body is usually a clinical manifestation caused by lesions in the body. Simply covering the sweat without treating the lesions will only worsen the condition. If patients have a fever and sweat, they will become dehydrated if they keep warm too much. It will also increase the burden on the heart and respiratory system, and even cause cardiac arrest, which is life-threatening.

2. Take antipyretics:

All Western antipyretics, such as paracetamol, compound aspirin, etc., contain caffeine and phenacetin, which have serious side effects, including high fever. If used regularly, it can easily induce convulsions, collapse due to excessive sweating, and even jaundice due to the accumulation of free bilirubin in the blood. At the same time, it can also cause damage to the digestive system, liver and kidney functions, and some may cause Reye's syndrome, resulting in a decrease in white blood cells and platelets.

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Be sure to use the right method for colds and fevers in winter, and take medicines, preferably under the guidance of a doctor. , do not take medicines privately to avoid adverse effects.

2. What to eat when you have a fever in winter

1. Orange peel, ginger, brown sugar tea

Cut 10 grams each of orange peel and ginger into thin strips, add water and cook until half a bowl , add an appropriate amount of brown sugar when taking it, and take it while it is hot. Sleeping under a quilt after taking it can help reduce fever and relieve headaches.

2. Sugarcane Horseshoe Drink

Sugarcane helps lower the qi and balance the middle, helps the spleen, promotes the large intestine, eliminates phlegm and quenches thirst, removes irritability and heat in the chest and chest, and stops vomiting. Water chestnuts can clear away heat, quench thirst, whet appetite, clear food, resolve phlegm, replenish qi, and improve eyesight. Squeeze sugar cane juice and cook it with water chestnuts. Drink the juice and eat water chestnuts. It can clear away heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst. It is used for symptoms such as fever, thirst and dry tongue, or dry mouth, red lips, irritability and restlessness caused by heat-damaged body fluid in the late stage of measles.

3. Seaweed soup

The heat-clearing effect of seaweed has been recognized as early as the Ming Dynasty. Li Shizhen pointed out in the book "Compendium of Materia Medica" that seaweed is mainly used to treat "heat troublesome throat". It tastes sweet and cold, can clear away heat, nourish the stomach and relieve edema. Cooking soup with seaweed can not only help reduce fever, but also relieve throat pain. If you like to eat tofu, you can also add some. The gypsum component in tofu will make the fever-reducing effect stronger. For people with lung heat and excessive phlegm during fever, experts recommend using seaweed and radish to make soup and take it, which has the effect of resolving phlegm and clearing away heat. It is suitable for mild fever and early colds, but not suitable for colds and fevers with more severe symptoms.

4. Milk and rice soup

Rice soup is rich in carbohydrates, can provide sufficient water and calories, and is easily digested by the gastrointestinal tract. Moreover, the carbohydrates in rice water can turn the indigestible casein molecules in milk into molecules that are easy to digest and absorb. The method of making milk rice soup is very simple. You only need to wash the rice slightly, add water to simmer, filter out the rice residue, add milk and mix thoroughly.

5. Coriander root water

Coriander root can promote blood circulation and can induce sweating and reduce fever.

More importantly, it also has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach. Children often have recurring fevers due to weak spleen and stomach functions. Therefore, drinking coriander root juice can achieve a "two-pronged" effect. You can choose 250 grams of coriander root. Wash it and put it in a casserole. Add about 600 to 700 ml of water. When the water boils to about 1/3 of its original volume, take out the coriander roots. If you drink it two to three times a day, your child's fever will be relieved or even gone.