Many times, using a hot water bottle can relieve pain and eliminate fatigue, and not everything can be solved with a hot compress. Do you know these myths?

There are many contraindications for hot compress, including acute abdominal disorders, facial dangerous triangle infection and suppuration, organ bleeding, skin eczema, atopic dermatitis, etc. If these conditions exist, the patient should not apply a warm compress.

1. Hot compresses are not for everyone

People with insensitive or abnormal skin sensation, such as the elderly, children, diabetes accompanied by neuropathy and stroke patients, should not be blind hot compress. If you need a hot compress, you must pay attention to control the temperature, otherwise it is easy to burn.

2. You can't apply a warm compress in every situation

People with ulceration or skin disease should avoid hot compress on the skin surface to prevent infection or irritation of the skin disease and aggravate symptoms.

In addition, sprain, strain and other acute soft tissue injury early, subcutaneous blood stasis, 24-48 hours should not be hot compress, otherwise it will increase local swelling.

3. Not everything is suitable for hot compress

Hot compress is mainly for cold diseases, so patients with warm diseases should not be hot compress. This group of people is often easy to get angry, especially afraid of heat, or accompanied by bad breath, constipation, women also show excessive menstrual volume and so on.

4. Heat is not always better

The temperature of the hot compress should not be too high, usually 40-50 degrees Celsius, hot compress for about 20 minutes. If you apply a warm compress to a more delicate area of the skin, the temperature needs to be lower.

At the same time, avoid fixing hot compress in one part for a long time, otherwise it is easy to cause burns, the most common is the improper use of hot water bags to cause skin burns.

Small series warm reminder of hot compress friends, be sure to pay attention not to occur low temperature burns oh! The hot water bag uses the appropriate temperature. Seek medical attention in time when low temperature burns occur.

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