mum arrives at 4PM and I am home like really sick.. I tried everything to bring fever down but it is sticking around.... arrggghhhh any thouhgts on how can I get this temp down ??? I tried everything I know... advil.. theraflu even whiskey
timmy, i am so sorry to hear you are sick again.
do i need to come over there and stick you in a tube of ice????
that will bring the fever down quickly.
i kid you not.
when my kids would get high temps, the doc said to ice them down for 5 minutes. we would stick them in the bathtub with very cold water.
then get them out and rub them dry with lots of towels.
then when the temps dropped, the tylenol was more effective.
if you put a very very cold wash cloth or ice pack on the back of your neck, that will do the same thing for helping to break your temperature.
do no more than 15 minutes on and then 15 minutes off.
switch off with tylenol and ibuprofen.
take tylenol and then 3 hours later take ibuprofen, 3 hours after that take the tylenol again.
that is what the hospital docs told me to do when i was released from the hospital after my surgery this past month.
do that for 24 hours and you should see results.
but, do the ice pack on the back of the neck first.
let me know if that helps.
also sip water while you have the temp.
if you have gatorade, that would be better.
you want to get the electrolytes back in your body. that too will help break the fever if you stay very hydrated.