What are the physical cooling methods for children?

Children are most likely to have a fever. Once they have a fever, parents will be most anxious. Antipyretic drugs cannot be used immediately. The best way is to use physical cooling methods to relieve the child's condition. However, how to do it is very important, which requires parents to master the physical cooling methods for children. So, what are the methods of physical cooling for children? Let’s take a closer look below.

1. Cold compress reduces the body temperature of the whole body or a certain part by cooling the body. At the beginning, the local blood vessels contract and then expand, and the heat is dissipated through conduction, which can achieve the purpose of cooling. Cold compress on the head is the most common. Method: Use rubber cloth or plastic film to make a palm-sized pocket and fill it with ice water or small ice cubes. You can put ice cubes in a water box and shake them to smooth out the edges. Place a small ice pack filled with ice cubes on the child's forehead, neck, armpits, and thighs. You can also make a hat-shaped ice pack and wear it on the child's head, make it into a pillow-like shape and place it on the child's pillow, or soak a towel in cold water, squeeze it dry and place it on the forehead for a cold compress. Note that when using ice packs for local cold compresses, the duration should not be too long, otherwise it may cause local ischemia, hypoxia and even frostbite.

2. Blowing air with an electric fan can accelerate the dissipation of body temperature, but it should not be directed at a certain part of the child, otherwise the wind will affect a certain part of the child. You can use a fan to blow sideways wind or

Use an oscillating electric fan to blow air, but the wind speed should not be too strong and the time should not be too long. This is suitable for children with good physical fitness and high body temperature in summer.

3. Environmental cooling: In hot seasons, when the indoor temperature is high, you can pour cool water on the ground, mop the floor with cool water, or start the air conditioner to accelerate indoor ventilation and lower the room temperature, which can help children with high fever dissipate heat. For small babies, you can also undress them or open their blankets to dissipate heat.

4. Warm water sponge bath and warm bath method Warm water can dilate blood vessels and cause congestion, improve blood circulation, and the heat in the body can be dissipated through conduction. It can also reduce tissue hypoxia, increase metabolism, reduce children's perception of pain, relax tissues, and relieve pain caused by muscle spasms and rigidity. The method is: use 32℃-36℃ water (you can also use wool to try, it should not be too hot to touch), soak the towel in it and then wipe the child's skin all over the body. After wiping once, you can wait for a while, wait for the moisture on the skin to evaporate, and then wipe it a second time until the body temperature drops significantly. You can also use the warm water mixer method to place the child in a basin of warm water. The water temperature should be 38°C. Use the left arm to support the child's head and shoulders. The child's head should be above the water and lie diagonally in the water. After 5-10 minutes, take the child out, wipe off the water on the body, wrap it with a sheet, and measure the temperature after half an hour.

Parents and friends must correctly master the above-introduced methods of physical cooling for children. Given that there are many reasons for children to have a fever, physical cooling methods can be used to treat the fever when it first occurs, but the key is to find the cause of the disease and provide targeted treatment, so that the child can recover from the disease as soon as possible and live a healthy life.