Question

Why doctors advise to put strips of wet clothes on for head of a person having a higher fever

Answer 1

Doctor's advice to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person having high fever , As water evaporates from the strips of wet cloth placed on the forehead of a person, it absorbs heat from the body. The body temperature gets lowered and the person gets some relief from fever.

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.