High temperature

"The temperature is high" - how often doctors hear similar complaints from their patients. Indeed, high body temperature significantly worsens the person's well-being. However, before appointing any treatment, the specialist should find out why it has increased.

Probably everyone knows that the normal temperature should be about thirty-six and six degrees. It is the most optimal for various biochemical processes that constantly occur in the human body. However, each of us is individual. Consequently, for some, the norm is a high temperature (up to thirty-seven and four degrees). In this case, no inflammatory processes and abnormalities in the body will not be observed. That's why, before you start self-treatment, you need to consult with a specialist. Suddenly, you are such a person, and the elevated temperature for you is nothing more than a norm.

In other situations, if the patient has a high temperature, we have to talk about the presence in his body of any virus with which he desperately fights. In addition, the cause of this kind of changes in a person's condition can be a consequence of external influences. For example, frostbite, burns and the like. It should be noted that when the body temperature is raised to thirty-eight degrees, bacteria, viruses and other infection agents begin to die.

As we know, any mechanism in our world sometimes fails. The human body is not an exception. In this situation, such a development of events can be observed in the event that the immune system due to some of its characteristics begins to react too strongly to different infections. As a result, a person complains that his temperature is high. It can reach thirty-nine degrees. However, everything in this case depends on the physical characteristics of the organism. For many children and adults, the critical temperature is considered to be thirty-seven and five-thirty-eight degrees. With this increase, febrile convulsions may begin .

If the patient has a high temperature for 5 days, the specialist can prescribe a comprehensive examination. It must be said that with prolonged increase of this value, in our body there is a violation in the system of transmission of nerve impulses. This leads to the fact that in the subcortical structures and the cortex of the brain irreversible changes begin. The consequence of such processes may even be the stopping of breathing. In any case, at a high temperature, doctors recommend taking antipyretics. They have an effect on a special center located precisely in the subcortical structures of the human brain, which is responsible for thermoregulation. It is good to wipe the surface of the body with water.

In order to correctly measure the temperature of your body, you can arrange a thermometer in the armpit. At least, this is the method of measurement that a large part of the population in our country prefers. If you chose this option, it is important to consider several rules. First, the armpit must necessarily be dry. Do not spend a measurement within an hour after any physical exertion. Make sure that your thermometer is working.

You can measure the temperature in the rectum. This method is chosen by a few people. If the thermometer shows a value of more than thirty-seven degrees, then the basal temperature is high. However, in some cases this is considered the norm. For example, during menstruation in women, the basal temperature can reach thirty-eight degrees.

Experts argue that measuring the temperature in the oral cavity is impractical.

To date, the most accurate thermometer is the ear. However, it is not recommended to use it for young children.

If the body temperature of you or someone from your loved ones has risen above thirty-nine degrees, you should immediately call an ambulance team. It is also recommended that if high fever is accompanied by cramps, visual impairment, vomiting, abdominal pain.

In conclusion, I remind you that you should not start treatment yourself. Only an experienced doctor can determine the exact cause of the deterioration of health and prescribe the right treatment.