What to do when adults suffer from fever?

Here are some tips that might be helpful:

In case of increased temperature (37.6 °C - 38.4 °C)

• Rest is important for recovery.
• Make sure you drink enough.
• Check your body temperature at regular intervals.
• When you recover, you do not need to take any further action.

In case of fever (38.5 °C - 39.0 °C and above)

• Rest is important for recovery.
• Make sure you drink enough.
• Check your body temperature at regular intervals.
• Only eat light, easily digestible food.
• Take fever-reducing medicine if needed but only after consulting your GP (general practitioner) or other health care providers.
• Lukewarm sponge baths may give you some relief of the fever.

It is not always necessary to contact your doctor because of increased temperature or a fever.

You should call the doctor if:

• The fever is accompanied by diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
• The fever lasts for more than three days.
• The fever is reoccurring and relapsing.
• The fever does not decline in spite of fever reducing measures, such as Ibuprofen or Paracetamol.