Can pregnant women use alcohol to cool down?

The bodies of pregnant women are relatively delicate during pregnancy, and their own resistance will also decrease due to pregnancy. At this time, many pregnant women will get sick, and it is common for illness to lead to fever. However, for pregnant women, it is not recommended to take antipyretics when you have a fever, because most antipyretics will cause harm to the fetus in the body. In order to quickly reduce the temperature, physical fever-reducing methods can only be used. So can pregnant women use alcohol to cool down?

Pregnant women will inevitably suffer from fever during pregnancy. If they take medication at this time, it may affect the fetus in the womb. Therefore, many expectant mothers choose not to take medication and use physical cooling methods to reduce the temperature. But can pregnant women use alcohol to cool down?

In addition to its disinfecting effect, alcohol also has another effect, which is physical cooling. Some people will use alcohol to cool their feverish hands because alcohol is volatile and dries quickly. Alcohol can dilate blood vessels and take away a lot of heat when it evaporates. Around 4 weeks of pregnancy, pregnant mothers can use alcohol rub baths to help reduce fever. This method cools down quickly, and the body temperature will generally drop quickly. If the temperature is not particularly high, the high volatility of alcohol can be used to reduce the temperature. It is absorbed very little in the body and has little effect on the fetus. However, if your body temperature is high, you need to go to the hospital for treatment. Don't just use physical cooling to delay the treatment.

Specific methods of cooling down with alcohol:

1. Take one part of 95% alcohol purchased from the pharmacy, add two parts of warm water, mix well and set aside; if it is 75% alcohol, add the same amount of warm water as the alcohol, and you can also add ice cubes to increase the cooling effect.

2. Use gauze or a small towel to wet it and wipe the pregnant woman's body, generally where there are more blood vessels, such as the neck, armpits, thigh roots, etc. These areas have fast blood circulation, shallow blood vessels, and are easy to dissipate heat.

3. Apply in a certain order, from top to bottom, from left to right, using a patting method until the skin turns slightly red. Pay attention to keeping the rubbed body parts warm. Move quickly, 5-10 minutes each time.

Note: When wiping, avoid the pregnant mother's head, face, abdomen, soles of the feet and heart area in front of the chest to avoid causing adverse reactions. Although alcohol evaporates more easily than water, it may cause discomfort to pregnant women with fever. Furthermore, inhaling alcohol vapor or even absorbing alcohol through the skin is not good for the patient.