It is concluded that tepid sponging, in addition to antipyretic medication, is clearly more effective than antipyretic medication alone in reducing temperature in febrile children living in a tropical climate.

Does tepid sponging reduce body temperature?

Tepid sponging without antipyretics is often used to reduce fever, but our results suggest that this is effective only during the 1st 30 minutes. Paracetamol is clearly more effective than tepid sponging in reducing body temperature in febrile children in a tropical climate.

How does tepid sponging reduce fever?

The effects of giving Tepid Sponge were making vasodilatation of blood vessels, pores, of skin, reducing of blood viscosity, improving metabolism, and stimulating impulse through skin receptor sent to hypothalamus posterior to decrease the body temperature through evaporation technique namely, to facilitate the ...