What temperature should I shoot down?

Elevated body temperature from time to time is observed in almost every person. Having discovered that the mercury column crossed the red border of 37.0 degrees, a significant part of people take measures to reduce temperature indicators. But how much is this expedient? What temperature should be brought down, according to doctors?

What is the temperature you need to knock down an adult person?

High temperature - most often an indicator that the immune system resists bacteria or viruses that caused the inflammatory-infectious process in the body. In this regard, experts unanimously state: the elevated temperature should be reduced only in individual cases, taking into account:

• thermo-indicators;
• the length of the period when the temperature rises;
• nature of the disease;
• general condition of the patient's body.

The normal temperature of the human body is 36.6 degrees, but the range of temperature indicators of a completely healthy person can be in the range from 35.5 to 37.4 degrees. Slightly increases the temperature with physical exertion, nervous tension, overheating, allergic reaction. In women, the temperature can change if the hormonal background is disturbed during menstruation, pregnancy, menopause.

Doctors believe that it is not necessary to interfere with the natural processes, therefore, it is not necessary to knock down the so-called subfebrile temperature unambiguously.

What temperature should be brought down for colds, flu, angina?

Infectious diseases are accompanied by a significant increase in temperature. When the level of 38 is exceeded, a moment comes when it is necessary to take measures to reduce the temperature. But even in this case, doctors advise at a temperature of up to 39 degrees not to use medicines. Recommended:

• warm phyto tea, berry fruit, broth of wild rose to increase sweating;
• wiping with water at room temperature.

Elevation 39 degrees makes it necessary to use antipyretic agents, since a further increase in temperature even by 10 can be dangerous not only for health, but also for the life of the patient. The most effective agents with this effect are Paracetamol and Ibuprofen, as well as preparations based on them, for example, Teraflu, Nurofen, etc.

In medicine, it is considered to be a critical temperature rise in body temperature. In the patient's body, irreversible processes begin, connected with the change in the structure of the protein. And this threatens serious complications for health, which can remain for life, even if the disease can be overcome.