If your child suffers from continuous bouts of heat (fever), and you want to know more about places to put the compresses for the child correctly?

In this article, you will know everything about lowering your child's temperature.

Compresses are one of the ways to lower temperature and reduce episodes of fever, and children are among the most feverish age groups,

All doctors and health care providers recommend that there are two primary ways to lower a fever and help lower body temperature:

taking medications and applying cooling therapy from outside the body.

And what is meant by cooling from outside the body, that is, placing warm water compresses on the child’s body or warm baths that reduce the temperature through the evaporation process, which helps to cool the skin, which contributes to reducing fever.

But it is worth noting that what contributes to the effectiveness of the compresses and warm baths is to follow the correct method and place the compresses for the child in the areas where the body loses heat to properly cool the child.

Among the places to put compresses for the child, we mention

Head.

Under the arms and armpit area.

thigh.feet.abdomen.behind the neck.

Important instructions about applying compresses to the child:

There are a set of instructions that must be followed and paid attention to by parents during the application of compresses for children.

These instructions explain the following:

Replacing the wet compresses with medicated gel balls on the previously indicated places, and care must be taken that they are not hot or cold because this will increase the temperature of the child and cause him to shiver.

- Remove the compress and cover it with a light blanket after 20 minutes.

- Wait 30 minutes and take the child's temperature again.

- Repeat the application of compresses if the child's temperature is higher than 38 degrees Celsius.

- It should be noted the need to visit a doctor if the temperature continues to rise.