During high fever a wet clean cloth is kept on the forehead of the patient why

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Armani

2 June, 05:03

During high fever a wet clean cloth is kept on the forehead of the patient why

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During high fever a wet cloth is kept on the forehead of a person to decrease the temperature of body ... When the wet cloth is placed on the forehead, water in wet cloth starts to evaporate and it starts to absorb a lot of heat from our body. Hence it is used to decrease the temperature of body.