What are the best ways to reduce fever in pregnant women?

Every pregnant woman wants to avoid any disease during pregnancy, especially some diseases that cause fever. If a pregnant woman has a fever and does not receive effective treatment, it will not only harm the pregnant woman's body, but also cause greater harm to the baby in the body. Therefore, many pregnant women want to know what are the fastest ways to reduce fever for pregnant women after they have a fever? In order to help you reduce the fever as soon as possible, take a look at the answers below.

The best way to reduce fever in pregnant women

How to reduce fever for pregnant women? Dietary adjustment to reduce fever is too slow to take effect, and medication to reduce fever may harm the fetus. The best way to reduce fever for pregnant women is physical cooling. Physical cooling is suitable for situations where the fever symptoms of pregnant women are not very serious. This method has the least impact on the fetus and can effectively control the fever of pregnant women. The specific method is as follows:

1. Cold compress

Take 20° water, soak a soft towel in it, squeeze it until it stops dripping, then place it on the forehead, armpits, and inner thighs to cool down, and change it every 3-5 minutes.

2. Alcohol bath

Use 30%-50% alcohol or 60-proof liquor at home and add an equal amount of boiled water to wipe the forehead, hands, feet, armpits, groin, etc., wipe repeatedly for 20 to 30 minutes and then measure the body temperature. If it still does not drop, continue wiping until the body temperature drops below 38°C.

3. Warm water bath

Use a towel soaked in warm water to wipe the whole body of the expectant mother. Be sure to keep warm when rubbing. Stop immediately if you feel cold or your pulse or breathing changes. It is important to note that you should not think that wiping with cold water will cool it down faster. This is because, wiping the skin with warm water will dilate the blood vessels in the skin, which is conducive to heat dissipation; on the contrary, if you wipe the skin with cold water, it will cause the blood vessels in the skin to contract, which is not conducive to heat dissipation and will instead increase the body temperature of the expectant mother.

4. Gargle with salt water

If a pregnant woman has a fever and a throat infection, she can gargle with salt water, which will have a certain effect on the throat infection.

Tips: Since fever consumes calories, water in the body evaporates and salt is lost, it is best for pregnant women to drink more water. This can not only replenish water in time but also facilitate the excretion of metabolites and toxins in the body. If a mother sweats too much, she can add an appropriate amount of white sugar and iodized salt to the water to maintain the balance of sugar and water in the body.

Kind tips:

It is important to find out the cause of a fever in pregnant women! Many times, the cause of a fever in pregnant women may affect the health of the fetus more than the fever itself. Finding out the real cause of the fever is more conducive to reducing the fever in pregnant women. In addition, only by finding out the cause of the pregnant woman's fever can we prescribe the right medicine, and only by prescribing the right medicine can the pregnant woman's fever be effectively treated.

In addition, it is generally not recommended for pregnant women to use drugs to treat fever. If the fever is severe (temperature above 39 degrees), you must take medication under the guidance of a doctor to reduce the fever.

The above content comprehensively introduces the best methods to reduce fever for pregnant women. I believe that many pregnant women have learned many types of methods to reduce fever for pregnant women through the above introduction. Therefore, for many women, after understanding the above content, when they have a fever, do not wait, but use the methods introduced above as soon as possible to reduce the fever, so as to ensure the safety of mother and child.