anonymouszack t1_jdyyfvc wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:25 AM

Reply to comment by tiph12 in ELI5: why is it ok to take paracetamol to break a fever? by tiph12

Not necessarily, there are other dangers with that as well. But if you stay below a reasonable temp (I’m in the us and don’t want to convert) then it’s also not necessarily bad to do that. Old home remedies actually encouraged the high temp in order to make it happen faster

dmazzoni t1_jdyz0yx wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:32 AM

Note that the latest medical evidence is that those old home remedies were wrong.

anonymouszack t1_jdyz2ji wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:33 AM

And highly dangerous. I’m still alive but it wasn’t a great time

tiph12 OP t1_jdyyngc wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:28 AM

That makes sens, thanks!

For conversion purposes, 40°C = 104°F :)

anonymouszack t1_jdyypgh wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:28 AM

104 is too high. 101 is typically when I’ve experienced doctors start prescribing meds

savetehlemmings t1_jdzmdb5 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 10:56 AM

The math doesn't check out