Fever is a symptom or heat (= symptoms) that can be independent or be part of a syndrome (a cluster of symptoms) of disease. Fever is a sign that it is important to note, because in the beginning is often not / can not know the cause, and whether hazardous or not.
If you are an axillary temperature should be measured termoneter fever four times a day every 4-5 hours. The temperature was recorded in the document to be useful to the doctor to display. The medical examiner will be able to impress the nature of the disease rise and fall of body temperature to achieve. For example, the temperature in 3-4 days and fever the first night only to lose the heat in the morning. Typhoid fever is almost always begin with the temperature not too high in the early days. So the first day the temperature is around 39-40 degrees and chills, this is almost certainly not typhoid fever, is also suspected when a new typhus is five days or more barrels.
Instead of a sudden high fever, the first day, usually a viral illness like influenza or dengue fever. Sure, there are many other infectious diseases such as typhoid or viral infections can temperature pattern, but in Indonesia it can be said that a sudden high fever caused by a virus% in 1990. Who had suffered a fever of more than 2-3 days of consultation with the doctor, because we have to determine the cause. One reason that Indonesia is very concerned about dengue because many around the wet season. Dengue fever is transmitted by mosquitoes that bite symptoms and people saw in the morning, so of fever accompanied by headache, nausea, weak, bleeding only occasionally visible, and sudden death, although previously healthy.
Therefore, every home to keep house and land, so there is no place that could contain Water (cans, flowerpots, tires, etc.) of mosquito eggs.
Actions for someone who has a fever, you must first break. There is no justification for the cover of thick, hot air because the body can not evaporate and the temperature will be very high. Especially young children spasms (seizures). The cold caused by heat rising sharply. The best action is to use a damp cloth to clean the body continuously for 5-7 minutes. As the water evaporates from the skin cools the body and usually take 5-7 minutes to a temperature decrease. It is not good to consume alcohol for this purpose, because alcohol is absorbed through the skin. Not only to compress the head is not effective because the contact area is too small. The patient should be given a lot to get fresh drinking body.
If this action does not reduce the fever, fever-reducing medications may be because the nature of pain, stiffness, subtract, and headache. The first option is the drug acetaminophen (generic name) sold under several brand names. To find out what the content should be sought in the drug label and find the generic name of \ “acetaminophen \ ‘. All medicines are sold, according to Health Ministry regulations, the generic name under the brand name and look in the \ “\” Content to be included. There was a fever, but is not guaranteed that paracetamol mixed with other active ingredients, such as a cold option, cough, etc.. Additional other materials not necessary for the expensive drugs, and side effects
unnecessary. Other drugs are good because ibuprofen is effective and safe, but probably not well known in the community. Acetosal and we know that aspirin is not recommended if the stomach could not stand, because the nature of acid. Acetosal adult dose of one tablet caused the blood is diluted, so that when the bleeding, such as menstruation or wounded, the bleeding was difficult because the blood clot can not stop. Acetosal also not recommended as the cause of fever is a virus (measles, chicken pox, etc.), particularly among children, related acetosal fatal complication called Reye syndrome.
Other options are not included in OTC mefenamic acid group (except the 250 mg for adults) are known to the public, and known as dipyrone Ponstan Antalgin or Novalgina. These two drugs is not justified to buy in drugstores or pharmacies, because they contribute a recipe. As is known in the packaging of OTC marked with a circle filled with green or blue, while red filled with prescription drugs. Communities are expected to comply with the rules and not use to purchase prescription drugs at the pharmacy or pharmacy, because they only hurt.
