What to do with a low-grade fever during confinement

The confinement period is the weakest time for many mothers, so it is normal to get sick easily during the confinement period. However, considering the confinement period, you must not get sick easily. You must pay attention. If you feel that your body temperature is not right, or you feel dizzy, nauseous, or weak, you must carefully measure your body temperature to see if it is a high fever or a low fever. Here are some methods for reducing fever.

What to do if a postpartum woman has a fever

1. Physical cooling method

The physical cooling method is to apply ice cubes on the forehead to cool down. It is an easy-to-implement method that is simple and practical. Because mothers cannot take antipyretics during breastfeeding, they can only use physical cooling methods to reduce fever. When applying ice to a mother, wrap the ice in a towel and place it on her forehead, neck, armpits, etc. The purpose of this is to lower the temperature of her head, reduce metabolic consumption, and achieve a cooling effect.

In addition, alcohol scrubbing is also one of the very effective methods for reducing fever. Repeatedly scrubbing the mother's armpits, neck, back, palms and soles and other parts of the body with dense blood vessels. The alcohol will continuously absorb the surrounding heat during the evaporation process, which can promote blood flow and accelerate the dissipation of heat, which is very beneficial for reducing fever in mothers.

2. Warm water scrubbing method

The warm water scrubbing method is to use warm water to scrub the whole body. It is also a method that everyone can understand and adopt. The warm water scrubbing method increases blood flow by dilating the blood vessels in the skin, thereby speeding up the blood flow throughout the mother's body, which can help reduce fever. However, it should be noted that not all pregnant women can reduce fever using this method. The causes of fever are different, and the methods chosen are different. Finding the root cause is the most important thing.

3. Dietary principles

1. Postpartum fever caused by external wind and cold can be treated with hot and sweating foods such as red dates and brown sugar as an auxiliary treatment.

2. If the fever is caused by mastitis, you should be careful not to eat too much milk-producing food. If you have postpartum infection, you need to use some anti-inflammatory drugs.

3. For fever caused by wind-cold infection after childbirth, honey and atractylodes tea can be used as an auxiliary treatment. Here is the specific method of making Angelica dahurica tea: Take equal amounts of Angelica dahurica and Schizonepeta tenuifolia, grind them into powder and divide them into packets (about 15g per packet). Take 1 pack and 5g new tea each time, brew with 200ml hot water for 15 minutes, then mix the juice with a little honey, and drink it while it is warm, no more than three times a day. However, it is forbidden to use for some colds caused by wind-heat, or for postpartum women with yin deficiency and blood heat.

The above are some tips that postpartum women can use when they have a fever. Different methods should be used selectively for fever in different situations. The editor believes that physical cooling methods or warm water scrubbing methods can be used externally, and different dietary methods can be chosen internally according to the cause of fever and one's own physical condition. If both internal and external methods are used, the effect will be more significant.