Drink Liquids to Bring a Fever Down

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"DR. SUSAN JEWELL: Hello. My name is Dr. Susan Jewell and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to talk to you about how to treat fevers. Now in this clip, we're going to talk about one of the symptoms of fevers is that you get--you are more prone to getting dehydration. So, replenishing your body and hydrating your body is a very important thing to do when you're having illness and you have fever because all the sweating, perspiration, and the vomiting, and diarrhea is going to put your body at risk for losing a lot of nutrients and fluids. So, water is the number one; what we recommend, of course, is to drink lots of water if you can when you're going through a fever and high temperatures, and that would help to keep maintain your body hydrated because dehydration is going to cause more--aggravate the symptoms, and cause the symptoms to last even longer. So, drinks lots of water when you have fevers. And also, to replenish the nutrients and the minerals that are caused by fevers, whether through perspiration, from nausea and vomiting, and diarrhea, it's good to drink other beverages like fruit juice, if you can handle it, fruit juices, orange juice, freshly squeezed juices as well throughout the time that you are suffering from the high temperature and the fevers. And it's recommended not to drink alcohol, of course, 'cause that would, well, you probably won't be able to keep alcohol when you're suffering from high temperatures, but to--not to drink any alcohol or caffeine containing beverages during this period of time."