Question

Doctor advice to put strips or wet clothes on the forehead or person having high fever why

Answer 1

during fever, our body temperature start rising from the normal body temperature. wet strip of cloth will help us to cool down the temperature of our body. so, the doctor advice us to keep the wet strips on forehead because it is important to cool down the brains temperature first.

Answer 2

When a person has fever his body temperature becomes more than the normal body temperature. If we put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person suffering from high fever, the water evaporates taking heat from the body, creating a cooling effect. Thus, moist strips will lower his body temperature.