PENGARUH KOMPRES HANGAT UNTUK MENURUNKAN SUHU TUBUH ANAK YANG MENDERITA DEMAM DENGAN MASALAH UTAMA HIPERTERMI

Abstract

Childhood is the golden age of education and human resources for physical growth and
intelligence and must be supported by good nutrition and a healthy environment. Fever is a sign of a
disease that attacks the body's immune system, handling fever in children can be done with warm
compresses, giving fluids, adequate rest and giving antipyretics if necessary. this study was to
determine the impact of warm compresses on reducing fever in children with fever. This type of
qualitative research with a case study approach is used in this paper. information disaggregation
method to obtain appropriate and appropriate information for the study of this situation, the creators
involved the information disaggregation procedure as encounter and perception. Inclusion criteria
were pediatric patients aged 5-12 years with a temperature >37.5ºC and exclusion criteria were
pediatric patients aged >12 years and temperatures <37.5ºC with impaired skin integrity. the results
of the implementation of nursing state that the warm compress technique has less effect or impact on
the child having a fever due to a long infection. the effect of warm compresses on reducing the body
temperature of children with fever is less influential because there are accompanying inhibiting
factors.