How to properly manage fever?- Health - Maximag.fr

Apart from the unlikely heat stroke with the current weather, fever is linked to a reaction from the immune system, often in the event of bacterial or viral infection, typical of winter pathologies.Antibodies, in battle order, lead to inflammation and impact our internal thermostat located in the hypothalamus (region of the brain involved in the central nervous system) by causing hyperthermia, chills and associated aches associated."If it is rarely serious in itself, the fever is to be taken seriously among toddlers, the elderly or presenting comorbidities.And she still reports a disorder to monitor, ”warns Dr. Marc Pérez, author of the book, the viruses will not go through me!Good hygiene gestures, an immune system at the top ... (ed.Eyrolles, 2020).

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Ice, but hot to the touch, shivering, shot down, possibly stamped?These are signs that do not deceive.A temperature equal to or less than 37 ° C in the morning and 37.5 ° C in the evening indicates the lack of fever.At 37.7 ° C, we speak of febricile to monitor, at 38 ° C of proven fever, at 39 ° C of high fever and, at 40 ° C and more, of very strong fever presenting a risk increased for the body.

What to do: Take your temperature.Exit the old mercury thermometers, which are no longer marketed, as well as the soft stripes with liquid crystals not recommended.The new rectal, auricular or frontal electronic models are the most reliable.The measurements are to be repeated four times a day for 48 hours.

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Below 39 ° C and if the fever is well tolerated, no reason to lower it at all costs, especially in adults who are not likely to convulse.After all, we can let the organism defend yourself as well.However, there is no need to run out to endure a too painful feeling.

The right choices: paracetamol is the reference medication (no more than 3 g per 24 hours, divided into a maximum of 1 g at 6 hours apart).In the absence of sufficient profit and especially in the event of associated aches, aspirin can also relieve.To be alternated with paracetamol and no more than 3 g split up in 1 g at 8 hours apart.

Natural medicines offer good alternative and complementary solutions.

On the homeopathy side: Take aconity at the first signs of feverishness, Phosphoricum ferrum for an average sodium fever, and Belladonna in the event of peaks at 40 ° C (the three in 5 hp, 3 granules, 4 times a day).

On the plant side: continuous sipping of the tea of disinfectant thyme and which allows you to hydrate in abundance, as should be done in the event of a fever (count an additional liter per day and per degree of fever beyond 37 °VS).Ravintsara and Niaouli, anti-infectious, are rather to be used in the form of essential oils: 3 drops of each to mix with a dose of vegetable oil in the hollow of the hand, to massage the wrists, the chest, thethroat, belly ...

On the trace elements side: start a copper-or-argent cure, anti-inflammatory and anti-infectious action, helping to manage the peak of fever and to recover, to follow for 3 weeks.

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Fever being an alert signal, a medical opinion is essential in several cases.

Uplining, more than 48 hours: it is essential to take stock of the associated symptoms, such as isolated sore throat, typical of a beautiful angina (with redness and white dots in the tonsils);A cough accompanied by intense pain in a lung evoking pneumonia;digestive disorders (diarrhea, spasms, etc.) signaling a possible intestinal infection;Hardness of the abdomen resembling appendicitis;or important headaches and the stiff neck, symptomatic of meningitis, etc..To be treated without delay by antibiotic therapy, most often, in order to eliminate the cause, which will quickly lower the fever at the same time.Similarly, this one being part of the symptoms of the COVVI-19, a test is really advised also, to have a clear heart.

At low noise over time: beyond 10 days, we speak of chronic fever which also requires an in-depth examination, even if it caps at 37.7-38 ° C and in the absence of clear symptoms.Many disorders not to be overlooked can explain it: an autoimmune disease, some thyroid imbalances, the development of cancer, a rampant chronic infection ... The doctor generally prescribes, in this case, a blood test to performa globular count, assess the markers of inflammation or certain cancers, to be completed by medical imaging (radio, scanner, etc.), if necessary.