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Normal body temperature is 96.8 - 98.6ºF (36-37ºC). A fever is said to exist if a temperature is over 100ºF (37.8ºC). When taking children's temperature, remember that their higher rate of metabolism means that they can more safely sustain a higher temperature than an adult. Your first course of action should be to keep the child sponged down and ensure high fluid intake. If you are concerned about your child call in professional help. You must call for help if a child's temperature reaches 104ºF (39.3ºC). You can take armpit or, in older children, mouth temperatures. For babies use the super fast thermometers - head strips etc; go to chemists and ask the pharmacist. Babies cannot cool their bodies down like adults and if the fever becomes too high then fits can occur which can produce long term damage, always seek professional advice if the temperature is high and you are concerned. |
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Helping a FeverFever is generally nature's way of getting rid of unwanted toxins, making it a healthy sign. However, there are situations where it can be dangerous, so with children and old people fevers should be monitored, and with babies and those who are already chronically sick, good professional advice should be sought and the suggestions below are not applicable. |
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For the strong and robust, helping a fever can be a useful detoxification process but you need to be the right body type and not be either very weak or have a lot of 'heat' in the body already. The idea is to keep your temperature up, but not too high - above 39ºC (102ºF) but below 40ºC (106ºF). Make sure the fever is 'wet' and not 'dry'. To keep the fever wet, use hot, real fruit juices such as organic whole apple juice with a stick of cinnamon and a pinch of pepper, or fresh lemon in hot water. Drink as much as possible. |
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If you need a break from hot drinks, then have sips of still distilled, filtered or mineral water, which must be at room temperature; you don't want to bring your temperature down. If the bowels have not opened recently have an enema because constipation can push a fever up very high. An enema in certain fever situations can actually save a life, being the only thing that will bring a dangerously high temperature of 41ºC (106ºF) or 42ºC (107ºF) down a few degrees. If your temperature is too high then get into a bath at a temperature of 37ºC (98.6ºF) for approximately half an hour. Once you are dried off use a skin brush. If you feel low and exhausted then add ½ cup of cider vinegar, 2 tablespoons of Epsom salts and 5 drops of rosemary essential oil to your bath. |
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Go back to bed immediately and cover up well. Use your thermometer frequently, to keep gauging how you're doing. Once you've broken the fever then have another bath; this time finish with a cold shower and change all night clothes, bed linen etc. Keep drinking the fluids you drank during the fever to maintain the detoxification process and to build up your lost calcium needs during the fever; this is a vital convalescent procedure. Also ensure the consumption of appropriate liquid nutrients to maintain the healing process. Ensure that the bowels keep moving. Herb Quality:A large proportion of our herbs are grown in English soils, harvested using bio-chemistry analysis and many but not always, processed fresh, which heightens their remedial properties. The majority are grown organically and or sustainably wild-crafted. All manufacturing is carried out using licensed good manufacturing practice. DO NOT MIX HERBAL MEDICINE AND GP PRESCRIBED MEDICATION WITHOUT THE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR GP OR PRACTIONER
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