When to start antibiotic for fever
Tips To Avoid Taking Antibiotics For Treating A Fever
hello everyone I'm Mahesh gentleman
co-founder of sepilok accom and thank
you all very much for sharing our video
on acupressure for heart health and
making it go viral the more we share
such ancient wisdom the more we can
avoid hospitals and medicines there's so
much talk of antibiotic resistance these
days and doctors are cautioning against
us using antibiotics blindly especially
when we self-medicate rather than
consult a doctor this is a perfectly
valid fear since overuse of antibiotics
exposes all of us to more dangerous
strains of bacteria that begin to adapt
to our medicines and survive longer but
why do we use them surely no one likes
taking medicine it comes from the desire
for instant results we can't bear to be
patient for even a single day any more
or give our body a chance to fight the
bacteria or the virus on its own now
some situations can be charged with high
emotions so it feels like not giving
medicines would be completely wrong for
example parents tend to panic at the
first sign of fever in their child this
is but natural and no one can bear to
see their child in distress but what
most mothers don't realize is that every
time we use a paracetamol to bring down
a fever we start a chain reaction
towards antibiotic use and weaken the
child's immune system deeply for the
future so if you want to avoid
antibiotics rule number one don't bring
down the fever with a paracetamol like a
panadol or a Croson let me explain why a
fever is one of the most beneficial
things that your child can experience
during their childhood the bacteria or
the virus is causing the child's
distress typically by replicating itself
every few minutes the fever is the
body's way of slowing down the process
of germ multiplication it is a high
fever that often prevents a second virus
or a bacteria from invading your child
when
she is weakened from the first attack as
always when you bring down a fever with
a paracetamol it leads to a cold a cuff
or a chest phlegm in the next day or two
which is the secondary infection which
could have been avoided if only we don't
take the paracetamol at this stage when
the child has the chest infection the
child needs a trip to the doctor and the
child needs an antibiotic so treating a
fever with medicines to bring down the
temperature gives a free license to the
virus of the bacteria to spread in an
unrestrained manner the truth is all
naturopathic doctors will tell you this
you don't have to panic even if your
child's temperature gets to 102 or 103
degrees Fahrenheit or if you're watching
this elsewhere in the world 38 or 39
degrees Celsius this is actually the
correct range of for fever they repeated
fever reduction during the childhood can
suppress the immune system each time you
don't allow the child's immune system to
do its job you push the child towards
the likelihood that the next infection
may need antibiotics I don't want to
alarm you unnecessarily but in
epidemiological research studies that is
whole social studies repeated fever
suppression with paracetamol has been
linked to increased risk of cancer later
in life children whose fevers are
allowed to run their natural crows grow
up to be a much stronger with better
immune health than kids who get fever
medicines each time so does this mean
that you sit around and do nothing and
what your child suffer absolutely not
there are simple things that you can do
at home to comfort the child when the
body fights the infection naturally
while this works for kids it's relevant
for grownups as well who incidentally as
we all know behave like children each
time they have a high fever so here's
what you can do number one hold and
comfort the child not only does this
help her calm down and be less irritable
the soothing feeling comes the immune
system and lets it do its job in peace
number two a simple cold compress
dipping a clean cotton towel or a small
towel
cold water in applying it to the
forehead to the back or the nape of the
neck the armpits and the soles of the
feet can all help to bring the fever
down at the surface level and comfort
the child number three if the child is
ready to eat give the child something
bone broth is ideal because it's rich in
nutrients and even a couple of spoons
will do the trick
but if not bone broth if you're
vegetarian anything the child is willing
to eat even a few bits of any kind of
food will help to bring the fever down
to a hundred and 103 level at which you
don't have to medicate number four high
fevers be 103 are not dangerous per se
but at high fevers the metabolism speeds
up and the risk of dehydration is higher
this can cause hypoglycemia or low blood
sugar and if you leave it untreated it
can even lead to fix so to prevent this
the simple thing is give your child
fresh fruit juice diluted with clean
water 50-50 mixture of something like an
orange juice and water will work just
fine you can even use pure coconut water
without any dilution this will help to
keep the cells well hydrated and keep
the blood sugars in a normal range
number 5 if the child is unable to
produce a high fever or has a cyclic a
fever which comes only late in the
afternoon at around 4 or 5 then there is
a good chance that the virus will try to
assert itself again the next day at the
same time to break this cycle cover the
child up in blankets to produce a higher
fever by doing this you will often find
that the patient sweats and the fever
breaks along with this the child will
get a full night's rest and the
infection will usually lose its strength
by the next morning number 6 use a
simple color treatment to help your
child to fight the fever it almost
sounds unbelievable but parents tell me
it works like magic at least 75% of the
time so take a simple norm you know
water-based non-toxic sketch pen and
make the marks as I'm showing you so on
the index finger the middle joint make a
mark that runs all the way around it
okay
and that's how that looks you can see it
once I show it to you close-up that's a
simple black color that runs all around
the index finger on the middle joint
okay and you do the same thing on the
other hand as well so usually since
you're making it for another person you
will find it's a lot easier to do since
I'm a right-hander I'm finding it a
little cumbersome to do it on my right
hand using my left hand but there you go
so you can see that too next you make a
similar marking at the base of the thumb
only the left thumb this time the entire
left thumb all the way around it you
make a black color marker okay and
that's it so how does this work well
color therapy works by having a certain
frequency at which all the colors
vibrate and our body is made up of cells
as well and those cells also vibrate at
certain frequencies and over time it has
been studied and understood which colors
vibrate at what frequencies so making
these black marks on both of the middle
joints of the two index fingers and the
base of the left thumb all the way
around can help to reduce the infection
in your child's body thereby naturally
bringing down the fever not suppressing
it so if you would like to not use
antibiotics with your child learn to be
a little bit patient use these simple
home tips that we have shared with you
including the color therapy and you will
be able to not have to resort to
antibiotics to help your child during a
fever so stay tuned subscribe to our
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and information so that we can all live
vibrant and healthy lives with the least
of medicines and visits to the hospital
wish you all vibrations
and well-being
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