How Do You Lower A Fever With Water?
Sometimes high fevers strike all of a sudden. If they are very high (104-105), one can go into convulsions. There are ways to make it come down. Water treatments have been around for thousands of years. Giving a pan bath will reduce the fever and give the body a chance to fight the infection. Following are some simple instructions Be sure and have the room warm. they do not need a draft in the room. Place person on the bed. Cover with a sheet or blanket. With fever they will most likely be shivering. The water should be room temperature or a little cool but not much. To their hot body it will feel very cool. Wet a cloth and wring it out and place it on their forehead, folded in a rectangle. Place another cloth similar under the chin. Take another cloth and wet it and bath them gently. Refresh the cloth often as it will become hot from the fever. Only bath a section at a time. Keep the rest covered. Example, bath the arm and keep the rest covered. Then chest while keeping covered as pos