Pengabdian Masyarakat Tentang Manfaat Kompres Bawang Merah Terhadap Suhu Tubuh Anak Demam Usia 3-6 Tahun

Abstract

Fever is a condition where the increase in body temperature is above normal, it is said to be fever if the body temperature is more than 37.5°C. The incidence of fever in children is expected to continue to increase, especially during climate change and poor environmental hygiene or sanitation. Handling fever in children non-pharmacologically can be done with red onion compresses. Handling fever by always giving antipyretics is not justified, in fact humans have components in maintaining energy balance and body temperature balance. Among them are the hypothalamus, food intake, sweat glands, skin blood vessels and skeletal muscles. Humans have a mechanism to lower body temperature if the body gets too much heat. The regulation of body temperature can be helped to be lowered by physical means, namely compresses. This condition of increased body temperature is commonly known as fever, in a way Compress is one alternative used to fill body temperature by using fluids or tools that can cause a warm reaction in the body area. One type of compress that can be used to lower body temperature in children with fever is a warm compress