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 Anticonvulsant; warm water is one of the most effective relaxants alleviating
convulsions and muscle spasms.

 Astringent: used as first aid treatment to arrest internal hemorrhage.
 Derivative: this is a method for removing blood from one part of the body by

increasing blood flow elsewhere.

Effects of Cold and Hot Water:

Primary Effect Secondary Effect

Cold Water -peripheral vascular constriction Occurs if patient feels warm:
Hot Water -Pallor of skin, chilliness, shivering, -Peripheral vascular dilation,
chattering causing redness of skin
-Increases respiratory rate -Decrease in respiratory rate
-Increases muscular tone -Decrease in blood pressure and
-Increases blood pressure and heart heart rate
rate -Muscle relaxation

-Increases Body Temperature

-Increases Pulse rate (by 10 for every

one-degree increase in body temp)

-Increases respiration rate Generally, the same as secondary
-Increases oxygen consumption and effects of cold; Gradual reduction
metabolic rate of these effects as body returns to
-Peripheral vasodilatation normal.
-Increases circulation

-Decreases blood pressure

-Ph becomes more alkaline

-Increases in excretion from kidneys

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