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hydrotherapy
fever treatments
physical medicine

definition

fever treatments

1. use any application of hot to whole body such as whirlpool, bathtub, Russian steam bath, electric light bath in order to raise body temperature
2. keep head and face cool during treatment with cold compresses
3. don't use fever treatments more than 5 times a week and less frequently in a very sick person
4. bathtub: fill tub with hot water that is easily tolerated
» patient lies in tub with oral thermometer
» increase water temperature to as hot as patient can tolerate and put towels wetted from bath on shoulders and knees
» once patient begins to sweat use cold compress to head and face
» pay attention to patients fluid intake
» lasts for 30 min. to several hr.
» don't do more than five times a week

contraindications:
1. first trimester of pregnancy
2. low blood pressure
3. heart disease
4. thyrotoxicosis
5. tuberculosis
6. anemia or blood loss


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