Abstract:
Objective
To observe the antipyretic effect of the medicated foot bath therapy on 43 cases of infantile fever caused by exogenous pathogens.
Methods
We included 85 eligible patients from the outpatient department of pediatrics in our hospital from May 2017 to May 2018. The patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group. When the temperature was between 37.5-39.0 ℃, the children in treatment group were given the medicated foot therapy, while those in control group were given warm water foot therapy. Record the temperature of the two groups 5 minutes before the treatment, and 0.5h,1h,2h after the treatment, as well as the onset time of antipyretic effect and the use of the drugs.
Results
After treatment, the temperature at 0.5h had no significant difference between two groups(P>0.05). The temperature in 1h and 2h in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group（P<0.05）. The onset time of antipyretic drugs in treatment group was （1.08±1.62）h, significantly shorter than that in the control group［(1.65±1.86）h］（P<0.05）. No significant difference was found between two groups in the frequency of using antipyretic drugs（P>0.05）.
ConclusionThe medicated foot bath therapy has a definite curative effect on infantile fever caused by exogenous pathogens. The therapy can be performed simply. It can improve the patients' compliance, reduce the sideeffect of the medicine and relieve the anxiety of the family. Thus, it is worthy of clinical application and popularization.

Key words: Fever caused by exogenous pathogens, Medicated foot bath, Antipyretic, Child