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Children are more susceptible to colds, which are usually accompanied by a fever. If your child has a fever, you naturally want to bring it down as quickly as possible. Instead of resorting to fever-reducing medication, you can try alternative methods to reduce the body temperature.<\/p>\n
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Fever is the body's natural defence mechanism against an infection. Fever itself is not a disease, but a symptom of a disease in the body. The increased body temperature fights the pathogens so that the infection disappears from the body. Nevertheless, it is good to control the fever because the child feels worse due to the unnaturally high temperature in the body. A fever that is too high can also weaken the body. If the fever rises to 39.5 degrees, you should see a doctor immediately.<\/p>\n
Natural remedies to reduce fever<\/strong><\/p>\n It is important that the child is not wrapped up too warmly. It is better to leave them in bed with a light blanket at room temperature. Excessive sweating can cause the body temperature to rise.<\/p>\n Occasionally wipe the hot face with a cool, damp cloth. The water should not be too cold, otherwise a counter-reaction will be triggered in the body and the body temperature will rise. Cool water straight from the tap \"draws\" the fever out of the body. Place the cloth on the forehead and leave it there until it has warmed up. Then wash it out and place it on the forehead again, cooled.<\/p>\n For cold calf compresses, place a damp, cool cloth around both calves and wrap with a towel so that the bed does not get wet. Cover the child at the same time. Do not wrap the calves more than once an hour.<\/p>\n Skin-to-skin contact helps both mother and child with babies and toddlers. Skin-to-skin contact has a calming and protective effect and the child feels secure. Skin-to-skin contact also stabilises the body temperature.<\/p>\n A lukewarm bath is a good way to reduce fever. It is important not to make the bath water too hot or too cold. As soon as the water cools down, take the child out of the bath, dry them off and put them back in bed. It is best if one parent goes into the water with the child. This makes the child feel safe and makes it easier to monitor the water temperature. Chamomile or apple cider vinegar can be added to the water for bathing, cooling the forehead or for calf compresses. Camomile has a calming effect. Apple cider vinegar has an external antipyretic effect.<\/p>\n Pure aloe vera gel cools the skin and reduces fever. Rub aloe vera gel on the upper body or legs.<\/p>\n The child should be dressed in airy cotton clothing, drink plenty of fluids and sleep a lot.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Children are more susceptible to colds, which are usually accompanied by a fever. If your child has a fever, you naturally want to bring it down as quickly as possible. Instead of resorting to fever-reducing medication, you can try alternative methods to reduce the body temperature.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_id":["3952"],"_fgj2wp_old_id":["3062"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["1197"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["nat\u00fcrliche mittel zur fiebersenkung"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["natural-remedies-to-reduce-fever"],"_elementor_page_assets":["a:0:{}"]},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gesundheit","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
If the water is too cold, the feverish body can go into shock. Water that is too hot puts a strain on the body.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n