Paracetamol is not hit by the temperature

Some patients are in a state of bewilderment and confusion due to the fact that the most effective and widely used antipyretic did not have the desired action. Very often panic occurs in mothers who, having given a high dose of paracetamol your child does not have temperature reduction.

The reasons for the ineffectiveness of paracetamol

It happens that Paracetamol does not help, and the phenomenon has a number of explanations:

• lean drinking regime, especially in children, is a cause of the inability to sweat after taking antipyretic drug, and hence there is a violation of heat transfer, which leads to the preservation of hyperthermia;
  
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• expressed hyperthermia in a room with the presence of dry air is an obstacle to reduce the temperature after receiving antipyretic drug;
  
• a small amount of water used for human medicament causes poor absorption into the body;
  
• spasm of blood vessels of the body with strongly expressed hyperthermia in infants may prevent decrease in temperature;
  
• the temperature does not go astray in the presence of a pathological process of bacterial etiology, which is considered a direct indication for treatment urgently the nearest medical institution.

Particular attention should be given to situations where there is a disease with purulent-septic processes, and lack of antipyretic paracetamol effect in pregnant women - in such cases, the mandatory treatment in a hospital, under the supervision of specialists.

See also: DOSAGE AND INSTRUCTIONS Paracetomol

Ways to solve the problem

If paracetamol does not force down temperature of a child or an adult, you need to take these actions:

• provide improved drinking regime;
  
• often ventilate the room where the sick person;
  
• if the temperature does not decrease in a child older than 12 years old or an adult, you can further take aspirin or Analgin;
  
• persistent hyperthermia in children help eliminate ibuprofen formulations, but in such a situation it is better to consult a specialist and do not self-medicate;
  
• vasospasm will help to remove the tablet shpy.

If all remedies hyperthermia have failed - you need to call an ambulance, which will take patient in a hospital, where to find the cause of the disease and to engage in further treatment will be qualified specialists.

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Anna Moschovis - family doctor.

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