There is no such person on our planet that hasn’t experienced high body temperature at these or that conditions. Is it dangerous and how should we treat this body reaction – is on the article below.

How should we treat increased body temperature?

Not everytime you experience high body temperature there is a need to take medications. In case you got common respiratory viral infection then you should decrease the body temperature only in case it is over 38.0 degrees C or higher.

Furthermore you should really take into consideration that febrifuges have no effect at the 37,2–37,3 degrees C, therefore there is no need to poison your body in vain.

In case the high body temperature is caused by respiratory viral infection then there is a real sense to follow recommendations below:
1. In case you experience medium body temperature then you should not have any physical activity and the high body temperature should be treated with confinement to bed.
2. The room the fever patient locates in should be ventilated regularly and kept in comfortable temperature.
3. In case of the high body temperature you should cover yourself with the blanket and get warmed.
4. Decreasing the temperature doesn’t equal the disease treatment and should be applied when the fever affects the patient’s condition badly.
5. The medications should be taken only in case the body temperature increases 38 degrees C.
6. The febrifuges don’t have any prophylaxis effect on the high temperature thus there is no need in taking them regularly. They should be used only at the next time the temperature grows.
7. You should stop taking febrifuges after the doctor prescribed you certain antibiotics as the first ones may decrease the efficiency of the other medications.
8. In case of the fever the patient has to drink 3-4 liters of the liquid with the aim to prevent dehydration.
9. The febrifuges ease muscles and joints pain caused by the high body temperature.

However there are other recommendations for those parents that are concerned about the high body temperature in their child:
1. The treatment of the high temperature should be started with the room ventilation and body rubdown with the water of the room temperature.
2. The safest way to ease fever in child is to give the child paracetamol in medicinal forms and dosages intended only for children.
3. The medication taken in the form of the tablets and syrup will have an effect in half an hour or an hour.
4. In case the child’s age is below 3 months then the medications should be prescribed only in case the body temperature increases 38 degrees C.
5. In case the child’s age is 3 years then the medication should be prescribed at the 38 degrees C of the body temperature in case the baby experienced fits before.

Which medications manage the fever?

The most popular febrifuges are those manufactured in the following forms:
- tablets: they are easy to take, the dosage is strictly defined and it is known how much time it will take to come into effect. However not all children can swallow tablets, furthermore they may cause stomach mucous coat irritation, and allergy may develop;
- soluble tablets: they are easy to use even in children. They are absorbed within 10 minutes and cannot irritate the mucous coat of the gastrointestinal tract. The food cannot affect the medication effect.
- capsules with microspheres: are easily and fast absorbed, do not irritate the mucous coat and act for a long period of time.
- syrups: are easy to use in case of confinement to bed. They don’t affect the mucous coat as well as liver. They come into effect in 15 minutes however some people experience psychological discomfort when taking syrups. The syrups contents may cause certain disorders in children.
- suppositories: are easy to use in case of confinement to bed and don’t affect the mucous coat and the liver. They come into effect in 15 minutes but may irritate the mucous coat and cause discomfort in patients.

The most popular febrifuges are such as:
1. Paracetamol – decreases the fever, anesthetizes and eliminates the inflammation. It doesn’t affect the blood coagulability neither irritate stomach. It is contained in such medications as Calpol, Panadol, Opradol, Tailenol, Efferalgan, Grippostat, Doloren, Coldrex, Coldrex-Night, Coldrex-Hotrem, Solpadein, Fervex, Flucold, Citripan, Citramone.
2. Acetylsalicinic acid – decreases the temperature, eases the pain, decreases blood coagulability as well as inflammation. It should be taken after the meal and shouldn’t be combined with the alcohol. The medication is forbidden for those experiencing gastrointestinal problems, pregnancy or asthma. It doesn’t go with anticoagulants, diuretics and corticosteroids. The dosage shouldn’t increase 10 g for adults and 3 g for children as the overdosage may occur! This acid appears in such medications as Anapyrin, Anopyrin, Asafen, Asacil-A, Ascaffe, Ascopar, Ascofen, Aspirin, Acesal, Acylpyrin, Acifein, Bufferin, Jasprin, Colfarit, Copacil, Coficil, Tomapyrin, Upsarin, Citramone, Citramone and Citropak.
3. Ibuprofen – decreases the inflammation and pain, increases immunity and surely manages the fever. It is less unhealthy in comparison to aspirin. However it is not recommended to use in such conditions as canker, other chronic ailment and pregnancy. It is prohibited to take in combination with aspirin, alcohol and hormonal drugs. It appears in suck medications as: Nurofen, Solpaflex, Ibuclin, Ibusane, Phaspike.