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<\/p>\nFever and chills are so hard. When do you have a fever and how do I relieve it? Here are my 7 tips for self-care!<\/p>\n
I am a self-proclaimed expert on fever and chills, haha. Or fever care is probably a better word choice. This is because in 2.5 years I have had a sore throat 26 times with over 39 degrees fever and fever. Almost every month then (but not regularly).<\/p>\n
But nothing bad that does not bring anything good with it;) As soon as someone near me gets a fever, I give my fever tips. Those tips are incredibly appreciated and very helpful!<\/p>\n
So I thought, why not share these in a blog post? Maybe I can help more! So my sore throats are not completely in vain;)<\/p>\n
Att v\u00e5rda grundproblemet \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 viktigt,\u00a0eftersom feber \u00e4r ett symptom och inte en sjukdom. Detta inl\u00e4gg fokuserar bara p\u00e5 att “\u00f6verleva feberperioden” p\u00e5 ett s\u00e5 bekv\u00e4mt s\u00e4tt som m\u00f6jligt och med snabb \u00e5terh\u00e4mtning!<\/p>\n
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What counts as a fever? In 1177 it says that over 38 degrees counts as fever.<\/p>\n
When I was at the Infection Clinic, they said that you have a temperature above 38.5. So 38.5 = not fever, but 38.6 = fever.<\/p>\n
N\u00e4r jag b\u00f6rjade f\u00e5 problem med halsen, feber och frossa s\u00e5 var jag ganska f\u00f6rvirrad \u00f6ver detta, jag k\u00e4nde mig febrig s\u00e5 fort termometern visade 37. Var jag k\u00e4nslig? Var jag ovanligt l\u00e5gtempad? Det h\u00f6r man ju m\u00e5nga s\u00e4ga “jag har v\u00e4ldigt l\u00e5g temp”.<\/p>\n
But now I have learned that it is above all about how \/ where you take the temperature. When I felt feverish at 37, I took the temperature under my arm.<\/p>\n
You also have a lower temperature in the morning than when you go to sleep (both normal temp and at fever temperature). This can also be included in the calculations.<\/p>\n
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Here I lay feeling sorry for myself, the last time I had a sore throat with a high fever and chills. Poor little :)<\/p>\n
How to take the temperature? Under the arm? Mouths? The ear? Pannan? Butt?<\/p>\n
The first question is, what is the purpose? Do you measure your fever temperature so that you can keep track of yourself? Or because you are going to seek care and the care staff need to know what your body temperature is?<\/p>\n
If you are going to talk to healthcare professionals, I would recommend an ear thermometer, or alternatively that you also tell how<\/em> you took the tempen.<\/p>\n This is because your body temperature is different in different parts of the body. At health centers and clinics (at least the ones I've been to) they take the temperature in the ear.<\/p>\n What is the difference between different thermometers? According to my own research, it is like this:<\/p>\n The temperature under the arm shows 0.5 degrees lower temperature compared to in the mouth.<\/strong> Example: The last time I was at the health center, I had 39.4 \u00b0 C with their ear thermometer. 38.9 \u00b0 C with my own classic thermometer in my mouth (under my tongue). And under my arm I had only 38.4 \u00b0 C.<\/p>\n Answer yes, I am so nerdy that I had my own thermometer and tested immediately afterwards just to see the difference. Have done it several times and it always differs exactly 0.5 \u00b0 C.<\/p>\n That is: it differs a whole degree under the arm compared to in the ear (note according to my thermometer and my tests!<\/em>). En grad \u00e4r v\u00e4ldigt mycket om v\u00e5rdpersonal bed\u00f6mer att du har feber om du har \u00f6ver 38,5. Om jag m\u00e4tt under armen och sagt “jag har 38,4” s\u00e5 hade dom svarat att det inte ens \u00e4r feber, men enligt deras egna m\u00e5tt s\u00e5 hade jag 39,4.<\/p>\n Med s\u00e5 h\u00f6g feber och frossa som jag hade d\u00e5, s\u00e5 hade jag blivit j\u00e4tteledsen om dom sa “nej du har inte feber” haha. Jag blir s\u00e5 himla k\u00e4nslig n\u00e4r jag har feber ocks\u00e5, kan b\u00f6rja gr\u00e5ta av allt.<\/p>\n If, on the other hand, the purpose is just that you want to check your fever temperature for your own sake, then the simple answer is: it does not matter how you take the temperature, as long as you measure the same every time. Then you can compare your normal temp (when you are healthy) with your fever temperature.<\/p>\n Because even though it differs in different parts of the body, the increase, ie the difference, between normal temperature and fever temperature is the same. However, it is important that you know what your normal temperature is at approximately, so take the temperature when you are healthy once so that you know.<\/p>\n Nowadays I usually take the temperature in my mouth. However, if I had no picture of it, I would offer this instead as I had had a fever and chills for several days. With swollen eyes but happy that I was on the road to recovery :)<\/p>\n How the fever temperature differs in the butt, I have no research of my own as I did not take the temperature like that, neither myself nor in hospital.<\/p>\n En termometer som m\u00e4ter i pannan \u00e4r enkelt p\u00e5 sm\u00e5barn.\u00a0Snabb och smidig grej att ha hemma f\u00f6r att ha koll p\u00e5 “feber eller icke feber”.<\/p>\n However, it can (at least the one I have tested) be quite misleading. You can get quite different results, often in the higher direction. So you should not go to the emergency room even if it shows 42 degrees, but then I would take a regular thermometer and double check the fever temperature with one that is more reliable before you seek emergency care for your child. Answer yes, it has happened haha.<\/p>\n Otherwise, an ear thermometer is preferable, they used it on the pediatric emergency room as well. It goes fast too, even if it is not quite as smooth as the forehead. But everything is difficult if the child refuses to sit still.<\/p>\n Some people do not advocate antipyretics because the body has a fever and chills for a reason. That it heals better then. I know nothing about it, that's for sure! But it's hard to resist because it is so<\/em> effectively.<\/p>\n In addition, antipyretic tablets help me to both drink, get something to eat and above all to sleep! I can not fall asleep when I have chills and high fever. I'm completely exhausted and my brain is spinning, but I'm not falling asleep.<\/p>\n S\u00e5 det handlar inte bara om att “m\u00e5 b\u00e4ttre f\u00f6r stunden” utan att inte bli allt f\u00f6r sliten under tiden. D\u00e5 blir \u00e5terh\u00e4mtningstiden mycket snabbare sen n\u00e4r man b\u00f6rjar bli frisk, eftersom kroppen inte har brist p\u00e5 b\u00e5de v\u00e4tska, n\u00e4ring och s\u00f6mn samtidigt.<\/p>\n However, you should not eat for<\/em> much rather. If you have a lot of food in your stomach, your body is busy digesting the food. Now you need to focus on getting nutrients through foods that are easy to eat. Without antipyretic tablets, I do not get anything in me, not a drop, but when the tablets have their cock, I take care. Miska usually cooks different vegetable soups, spinach soup or makes salads for me then.<\/p>\n That I have such a nice boyfriend who makes his own juice with i.a. carrot, lemon, mint and probiotics to me when I'm sick \u2665 He's really the best person. Lots of nutrition and easily digested, so I try to think!<\/p>\n There are many different antipyretic tablets to choose from. Certainly different schools about what is best as well. These tips are based entirely on my personal preferences:<\/p>\n Paracetamol and Ibuprofen can be mixed. In other words, you get to mix e.g. Alvedon and Ipren. Mixing these is the most effective I think, an Alvedon and an Ipren give more effect than two Alvedon.<\/p>\n Note this is just my experience. But I googled now and actually found an article from\u00a0Janusinfo Stockholm Region<\/a>\u00a0med “kommersiellt obunden l\u00e4kemedelsinformation riktad till l\u00e4kare och sjukv\u00e5rdspersonal”. D\u00e4r presenterar de en j\u00e4mf\u00f6relse av receptfria l\u00e4kemedel, resultatet blev att en kombination av\u00a0paracetamol och ibuprofen ger b\u00e4st sm\u00e4rtlindring. S\u00e5 jag \u00e4r inte helt ute och cyklar ;) Jag recenserar inte bara sk\u00f6nhetsprodukter utan tabletter ocks\u00e5, haha.<\/p>\n Two Alvedon and one Ipren are the best. If I take it at the same time, I feel almost<\/em> frisk efter 1,5 timme. Det “farliga” med detta \u00e4r att man kan utf\u00f6ra saker som kroppen egentligen inte orkar, s\u00e5 det \u00e4r viktigt att ta det lugnt och vila \u00e4nd\u00e5. Om du utan feberneds\u00e4ttande inte ens kan st\u00e5 rakl\u00e5ng, d\u00e5 ska du inte g\u00f6ra n\u00e5gonting fysiskt bara f\u00f6r att du \u00e4tit feberneds\u00e4ttande.<\/p>\n I also say this based on my own experience. In the beginning, when I had these periods of fever, I completely ignored it. I nibbled on tablets and then drove wheelbarrows with firewood until my lungs burned. Ugh it's not healthy. Maybe that's why my throat infections in the end could not heal themselves :(<\/p>\n I have to work at the same time as I am sick, because I am sick so often so it is not like an alternative to be free every time. I've learned to live with it! Then two Alvedon and one Ipren are the rescue! Note: I then work from home and sit in front of the computer all the time. So physically, it's no more strenuous than watching a movie.<\/p>\n There are also those who have children who are ill at the same time and just have to be strong. To you I just say: two Alvedon and one Ipren at the same time, you will not regret it.<\/p>\n T\u00e4nk p\u00e5 tiderna! Du f\u00e5r ta mer Alvedon och Ipren efter 4-6 timmar. Men du f\u00e5r inte ta mer \u00e4n tv\u00e5 alvedon p\u00e5 6 timmar och inte mer \u00e4n 3 Ipren per dygn. Jag brukar t\u00e4nka “2 Alvedon var 6:e timme, 1 Ipren var 8:e timme”<\/p>\n If I have something important planned (eg a video meeting) then I time so that I take two Alvedon and an Ipren at the same time about 1.5 - 2 hours before the meeting.<\/p>\n But otherwise I usually spread it out so that I am never completely tablet-free. For example like this:<\/p>\n Kl. 7.00 Ipren However, this is when I have a real fever. If I have a mild fever instead, I take tablets\u00a0if necessary<\/strong>. For example. an Alvedon 3-4 times in one day only, nothing more. You should not eat unnecessarily.<\/p>\n I must also emphasize that when I talk about Alvedon in numbers, I am talking about the small size 500 mg. If you have 1000 mg tablets, you can only take one tablet every 6 hours.<\/p>\n Maxdos Alvedon:<\/strong> Maximum 8 tablets per day (recommended 1-2 tablets every 4-6 hours) What are the problems when going to sleep? 1. frossa. 2. you do not fall asleep 3. night sweats.<\/p>\n Plan your antipyretic tablets<\/strong> s\u00e5 att du tar det ungef\u00e4r en timme innan du ska sova. Om det egentligen \u00e4r “dags” att ta tablett tidigare s\u00e5 brukar jag hellre st\u00e5 ut och v\u00e4nta lite l\u00e4ngre, s\u00e5 att jag fyllt p\u00e5 lagom till natten.<\/p>\n Why? It is good for several reasons. On the one hand, you get chills when the fever increases, but as soon as the tablets start to work, you get hot instead. Falling asleep with chills is next to impossible, you become so<\/em> cold even though you are very hot. For me who hates freezing, chills are extremely difficult.<\/p>\n It also helps you fall asleep. I do not know if everyone has that problem, but I can not fall asleep when I have a high fever. If I fall asleep, I sleep very badly. Almost like I'm just half asleep. But after reducing fever, I fall asleep like a log.<\/p>\n Sleep in a terry bathrobe!<\/strong> This is the best ever. If you do not own one and your fever is a one-time occurrence, then you can put a large towel on the sheet and have a large towel between you and the blanket. But nothing beats a terrycloth bathrobe, that you are completely wrapped in terrycloth, even your arms.<\/p>\n N\u00e4r jag har frossa s\u00e5 svettas jag ingenting, men n\u00e4r febertemperaturen och feberfrossan g\u00e5r ner tack vare tabletter s\u00e5 k\u00e4nner kroppen “oj vad varm jag \u00e4r” och sen vaknar p\u00e5 natten och \u00e4r helt bl\u00f6t av svett. Jag menar inte bara lite fuktig, utan som att n\u00e5gon duschat mig i s\u00f6mnen. Att vakna sen n\u00e4r “v\u00e4rmeb\u00f6ljan” \u00e4r \u00f6ver, med d\u00e5 kalla och superbl\u00f6ta (!) s\u00e4ngkl\u00e4der. Allts\u00e5 det \u00e4r HEMSKT. Usch. F\u00f6rbered med frott\u00e9! Skulle du inte svettas s\u00e5 \u00e4r det inte v\u00e4rre \u00e4n s\u00e5, men om du febersvettas som mig d\u00e5 \u00e4r det guld v\u00e4rt f\u00f6r att kunna sova natten ut.<\/p>\n Prepare tablets and a glass of water next to the bed.<\/strong>\u00a0Partly in case you get thirsty. But mainly because if you have a high fever, the antipyretic tablets for a whole night are not enough. I then wake up around 4 o'clock with chills again. Do you know what's awful when you have chills and throbbing headaches at the same time? To take off the blanket and stand up to go to the kitchen!<\/p>\n Top up with antipyretics so that you feel a little better and do not have any chills, just in time until you wake up in the morning. It's about timing :)<\/p>\n Here I am after a night with a terry bathrobe and a 39 degree fever. I felt shit but thanks to my permanent makeup tattoos, I still look pretty alert (?) Haha.<\/p>\n Feberfrossa inneb\u00e4r att du fryser j\u00e4ttemycket fast du \u00e4r j\u00e4ttevarm. Du har frossa medan febern stiger, jag upplever att den g\u00e5r \u00f6ver n\u00e4r febern n\u00e5tt sin topp. Det minns jag att mamma sa n\u00e4r man va liten “du fryser n\u00e4r febern g\u00e5r upp, och svettas n\u00e4r febern g\u00e5r ner”.<\/p>\n Since I have had contact with the care regarding this, they want to know how high a fever I get every time. Then of course I let all the antipyretic tablets go out of the system first before I take the temperature. How do I know when the fever has reached its peak and will not rise again? Well, because the chills are starting to subside.<\/p>\n So, to get rid of the chills, you can either take antipyretic tablets, or wait until the fever stops rising.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the heating mattress is my best! Had I had a bathtub, I probably would have actually gone to bed there. When you freeze so much that you just shake as well.<\/p>\n And warm your hands in the sink! When I have a fever, I am still very hot around the body, even though I am freezing. However, my hands and feet get really cold. Ice cubes!<\/p>\n It's like the body shuts off the blood circulation in the limbs to prioritize the other organs (?) Haha, it may not work that way but it feels that way. Then I usually fill the sink with hot water and warm my hands.<\/p>\n Before they get the heat up completely, they always look like this:<\/p>\n Half red and half blue haha. Poor little fingers :)<\/p>\n You can also have chills without fever, then my tips on heating mattress and hand bath also work of course.<\/p>\n Detta inl\u00e4gg \u00e4r nog bra \u00e4ven om man tar hand om ett febrigt barn. S\u00e5 att man har mer f\u00f6rst\u00e5else. T.ex. var jag en g\u00e5ng med och tog hand om ett barn med feber, hon hade tidigare haft frossa men ville nu ta av sig tr\u00f6jan och mamman sa “nej du m\u00e5ste ha den p\u00e5 dig, det \u00e4r kallt och du \u00e4r sjuk”. S\u00e5 fr\u00e5gade jag “n\u00e4r gav du Alvedon?” vilket var 1,5 timme tidigare. D\u00e5 kunde jag f\u00f6rklara att hon s\u00e4kert k\u00e4nner sig supervarm nu n\u00e4r Alvedonen v\u00e4rkat ordentligt. Jag som vet hur det k\u00e4nns n\u00e4r svett-vallningarna efter Alvedonen kommer, haha. S\u00e5 fick hon ta av sig tr\u00f6jan och blev n\u00f6jd direkt :)<\/p>\n As I said, this post is my own tips on fever. You can read more about fever and advice on 1177<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hope my fever tips can help someone more! Maybe someone who slipped in here via a Google search or so :) Feel free to look around the rest of the blog also in such cases, I do not blog so much about health really but mainly about makeup, entrepreneurship and a little private too \u2665<\/p>\n Hugs are!<\/p>\n
\nThe temperature in the mouth shows 0.5 degrees lower temperature than in the ear.<\/strong><\/p>\nTake the temperature to keep track of yourself:<\/span><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nBest thermometer for children?<\/span><\/h5>\n
Recover faster after fever (tip 2)<\/span><\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nAntipyretic tablets, mix Alvedon and Ipren (Tip 3)<\/span><\/h4>\n
When you have to be strong, despite a fever<\/span><\/h5>\n
What time should I take antipyretics?<\/span><\/h5>\n
\nKl. 11.00 Alvedon
\nKl. 15.00 Ipren
\nKl. 17.00 Alvedon
\nKl. 23.00 Ipren
\nKl. 04.00 Alvedon<\/p>\n
\nMaxdos Ipren:<\/strong> Maximum 3 tablets per day (every 8 hours if you want to spread it out over a day).<\/p>\n![\"fever,](\"https:\/\/imakeyousmile.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_7752-111-1024x663.jpg\")
<\/p>\n3 tips to sleep better when you have a fever (tips 4, 5 & 6)<\/span><\/h4>\n
1. Tablet planning<\/span><\/h5>\n
2. Sleep in terry cloth<\/span><\/h5>\n
3. Water and antipyretic tablets next to the bed<\/span><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\nFever (tip 7)<\/span><\/h4>\n
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