once I had a really high fever when I was a kid. My parents took ice water and sponged me off. I screamed as the icy water burned me. I'm not even sure it helped.
I was babysitting once and the child had a relatively high fever and couldn't sleep. So I filled up the bathtub with relatively warm water.. maybe even a little warmer than I would have liked because I was keeping in account the high temp of the kid would cause the water to feel cold. I had the child feel the water and tell me if it was warm enough.. The child said yes. I had the child sit in the bath and slouch down till the water was just under the chin and definitely over the chest. Then I began to read a book. About 20 or so minutes later, I felt the water it was cool. But the child didn't notice because the body temp and the water lowered together. I felt the childs forehead and the fever was gone. The child felt better and went straight to sleep. I highly recommend this for anyone.
God bless.
the childs body temperature didn't stand a chance against the water, because it covered every square inch of the body *minus the head) when it drops the body temp drops.. amazing
I was babysitting once and the child had a relatively high fever and couldn't sleep. So I filled up the bathtub with relatively warm water.. maybe even a little warmer than I would have liked because I was keeping in account the high temp of the kid would cause the water to feel cold. I had the child feel the water and tell me if it was warm enough.. The child said yes. I had the child sit in the bath and slouch down till the water was just under the chin and definitely over the chest. Then I began to read a book. About 20 or so minutes later, I felt the water it was cool. But the child didn't notice because the body temp and the water lowered together. I felt the childs forehead and the fever was gone. The child felt better and went straight to sleep. I highly recommend this for anyone.
God bless.
the childs body temperature didn't stand a chance against the water, because it covered every square inch of the body *minus the head) when it drops the body temp drops.. amazing