The comments below reflect the personal experiences and opinions of readers and do not represent medical advice or the views of this website. The information shared has not been evaluated by the FDA and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prevent any disease or health condition. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical concerns.
katie (scotia, NY) on 07/17/2007:
i went online to try to find something for my son to bring his fever down. he had motrin and tylenol and it was too soon to give anything to him yet, so i went online to find something. when i first read it i thought no way and my husband laughed at me but i told my son i was going to put wet paper towels on his feet (didn't mention the egg whites)hehe. i only cracked one egg and put it on two paper towels and put them on his feet and put socks over it within 2 mins my son went from being lethargic to popping out of bed his temp was 102.9 after 3 min 101.9 after 5 mins 99.9 IT REALLY WORKS!!!!!!!
WOW!My grandson came down with fever and was spending the night at my house. I work 3rds and was at work, but had instructed my fiance to give tylonol and ck his fever at midnight. My fiance called me and adv'd me his fever was 103.8. I called someone in to work for me and researched on net fever. Thankfully, I found egg whites. I wrapped paper towels soaked in egg whites on his feet at 1:45am, ck'd his temp it was 102.8. Ck'd temp again at 2:10am was 101.4, again at 2:20am and to my amazement it was 99.4. I'm going to bed, I now have no doubt it works and he is going to be fine! Thanks sooo much!!!!
My 9 yr old son had 102 fever for two days. Tried giving him Children's Advil which usually always works but this time he had it bad. We placed his feet in egg whites for 1 hour, he is sitting here watching me type this testimony. It really worked within one hour his temp went from 102 down to 98.7. We couldn't believe it. I showed everyone everyone at home his temp reading. We couldn't believe our our eyes. Everyone thought I was crazy but I was leaving for business trip and didn't want to leave my son with high fever. I'm so glad, because now I can go on my business trip with peace of mind. Egg whites really worked for us!
my husband is running a temperature of 100 f since the past 2 todays , but he got better once he had medication from the doctor, but tonite his temperature stay at 101.6 f for 3 hrs after the medication did help at all. So i googled for an answer at 3.30 in the morning hoping for some answer and i did try the egg white remedy just as recomended , used a handkerchief soaked in egg white under his feet wrapped untill the top of his feet , used a plactic bag and then socks , i checked his temperature afer 40 mins it droped to 101.2, after and hr to 100.2. My husband informed me that he didnt feel his entire head and eyes burn as it did before he is asleep now , will check in another hours time -----thank you for your timely neighbourly help saved us a panicked trip to the hospital, iam grateful for this help ,please continue with more life saving timely remedies
My two year old son has been running a fever for three days now and I was starting to become desperate on how to help him because everything else I had tried wasn't working. So I came to this site and found the egg white remedy. I wrapped his feet in paper towels soaked in egg whites, then placed socks over them and it began to work instantly! At 11pm his fever was 103.7 and fifteen minutes later it was down to 102.4 and its still getting lower! Thanks so much!
My son had a fever for over 3 days. His temp reached up to 104, which we gave him Tylenol to bring it down. I was excited to try the egg whites hoping it would work. His temp was 102.3, after applying the egg whites with in 20 minutes it increase to 103.5. I'm not disappointed though..I believe in natural rememdies... :-)
My 85 year old father was not feeling well and went to lay down a little while ago. My mother and I heard noise coming from their bedroom and found my father walking around hallucinating due to a high fever. His face was very red. We started putting cold wash cloths on his forehead but it did not seem to be breaking the fever. I thought their has to be a home remedy and signed onto your website and read about the egg whites. I told my mother I know you think I am crazy and she said do it! I am happy to say my father's fever is breaking. I cannot tell you what his temperature was originally but I know it was high. About fifteen minutes ago it was 101 and his color is much better. I am sure when I go take his temperature again it will be even lower. I am so greatful I found this website.
I've had a 101-102 fever for the past couple days, so I tried the egg whites remedy in an effort to break my fever. It did not work for me, and in fact my temperature rose as I used this remedy.
I soaked paper towels in six egg whites, wrapped the towels around my feet, covered my feet with 1 gallon freezer bags, then finally put some socks on. After completing the egg white application, I sat down on my couch and took temperature readings every five minutes. Here is the chronology:
I gave up after the good end of two hours, washed my feet, and proceeded to sweat the fever out by putting on sweats and covering up with a couple down comforters. By 9:00pm yesterday evening I had my temperature back down to 99.0, this having nothing whatsoever to do with applying egg whites to the soles of my feet.
P.S. - It would help if you made this feedback texarea larger in size.
I had to leave comment after trying this. I googled "how to break a fever" and came accross this site and began to read about the many people who have tried the egg whites on the feet and how they made out. Well my 5 year old son has had a fever for the past day and I tried the old cool bath remedy and the tylenol cough and cold and so on, but wasn't helping as much as I had hoped. My poor baby! Well his temp was still up to 101.4 and so I thought to myself I gotta try this wether it works or not or I'll keep thinking Hhhmmm I wonder. I am so glad that I went and cracked me open some eggs and put some egg whites on my baby's feet cause within 10 minutes his temp is down to 100.6 so yeah I think it may be working lol I'm a pretty skeptical kinda person most times and extremely glad I tried this, no matter how silly one migth think it seems at first. Thank you for the tip, greatly appreciated yall!! Anyone who is at last resorts...try it...it works!!! You'll be going yay too! lol Good luck! I'm off to check my baby's temp again. Nite nite!
My son at a fever of 104.1 under his arm at 12:45 pm. After trying everything from sponging to tylenol and motrin, I called my chiropractor who suggested the egg whites. I was desperate and had nothing to loose so I tried it and it worked. His fever dropped to 103 within 10 minutes of applying the egg whites. I think every parent should know this trick. Thank You.
I've been down with a bad sinus infection and sore throat the past couple of days. Had a high fever from late afternoon until I tried the egg white remedy. I used paper towels(cut one in half) two egg whites, plastic wrap and socks. Within an hour and a half, the fever broke. Still have the stuff on my tootsies as I'm not sure if the fever's going to return quickly. Thank you!
Came across your site, so I gave the remedy a shot. I don't know how high my temperature is but after a half hour I am starting to sweat a bit! I do feel better, I feel I could take a nap if I needed to. Part of having a fever is that you can't really sleep.This is interesting.
Okay. I just dived three egg whites into a cut up cloth napkin. I tied them together with a rubber band and put them directly on my sons feet. I then put socks over the cloths. No plastic. I layed down with him, and I literally could feel is 104.7 temp head begin to cool. Its been 19 minutes and he is sleeping. I also have a damp cloth on his head. Does this actually work??? I mean, how? I have no other explanation that I was desperate to bring his temp down- and this actually worked. I am in shock.
I tried this method last night when my son woke up with a 103.1 temperature. It took about 20 minutes but it went down to 100.1. A cure that I will definately pass on. Thanks
My 4 year old daughter had a 103.8 degree temp at 10:08 pm. We wrapped paper towels soaked in 2 egg whites around her feet, then wrapped saran wrap around the paper towels and finished things off with socks on top of everything. It is now 10:55 pm and her temp is 99.9!!!
I was up all night last night with my 15 year old daughter, trying to break her fever. I tried everything I could think of all day today. Tonight I searched for a natural remedy and found your site. I went upstairs about 40 minutes ago and applied the egg whites and covered her feet in baggies and socks. I just went up and took her temperature and it went from 100.9 to 99.6 in that time. After my not being able to lower it all last night and today, this is a blessing! I sat here and prayed after I applied it to her, and my prayers were answered! Thank you for this wonderful site!!
My 17 year old son had a fever of 101.3 and i did everything i knew to do. Got online came accross this site, after reading i decide to try it only had 2 eggs. Decide not to try he was so miserable i tried and 45 minuted to an hour it was 100.6 and an hour later it was 99.3. SO THE EGG WHITES WORK ATLEAST FOR HIM. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS TO THIS SITE I WILL USE IT FROM NOW OWN. GOD BLESS
My 4 1/2 year old son had been fighting cough, sore throat and fever... I was able to control his sore throat and cough but feels like his fever is out of control. I could not hold him as he makes me feel too burning hot. and it has been 3 days with a fever. I had tried everything... tylenol, lukewarm bath, etc... and nothing improved and I was skeptical when I read about the egg whites but I didn't really have anything to lose, so tried that and was so surprised that his fever BROKE! Wow... i will definitely keep that in mind for the future fevers. Thanks!!!!!!!
I used egg whites on my sons feet when he had 103.5 fever and it took about 1 minute and his fever dropped to 102.5 after about a 1/2 an hour it went down to 101.5.
Thank you for your website. I tried just about everything to break my sons fever and then I came across your website. I googled in that my son had a temp of 103 and there you were. I would have never thought egg whites for a fever but it worked, within 15 minutes he went from 103 to 100.5. He is sitting up and eating now. It has been 1 hour and he is down to 98.5. Thank you:)
I was at wits end trying to figure out what to do about my husband's persistent fever. He has been sick with the flu for the past six days. His fever has been anywhere from 101 to 103. We tried ibuprofen, Boiron's oscillococcinum, emergen-c, various electrolyte drinks, etc, etc.. Nothing worked. Tonight I got online to discover your thread on egg whites and fever reduction. I told my husband that I intended to try it and he was very sceptical.. However.. We have a six month old baby and I said, Hey.. if nothing else this will give us an idea of what to do if our baby gets a fever! Lo and behold.. After wrapping his feet in egg white soaked paper towels, saran wrap and socks, within one and a half hours, his fever went from 101.3 to 97.9!! I am absolutely convinced (and flabbergasted) that this works. Thanks so much for all of the postings. I am a believer and plan to share this advice with others.. God Bless my dear old Mama.. she had a plethora of old wives remedies and she would have loved this one!
My mother has told this story many times in the last 30 years. When I was about 4 years old I got a severe burn on the inside of my forearm. Apparently, it was a 2nd degree burn as it was evident to her that 2 layers of skin had been burned. My mother immediately applied egg whites mixed with alum to the burn and covered it with gauze. (Alum is usually found on the spice aisle at the grocery store and is used as an ingredient in baking powder, as a crisping agent for pickles and to harden gelatin.) She says that the following day I was outside playing with other children and fell - forearm down on the ground. She was amazed that I immediately got up and began playing again with no indication of any pain from the burn. I'm not sure of the significance of the alum but I'm now 35 years old and, within my memory, there has never been any sign of a scar on my arm.
My Daughter had a Fever Ranging from 102.4-104.2 for 3 days straight we tried tylenol, motrin, advil, feverall, and went to the doctor's office 3 days straight with her even the hospitals emergency room. Nothing would break this cycle of fever. I got really scared and went on the internet to see if i could find some answers, while surfing and praying, i was lead to this site and so I tried it, o.k. why not I checked all options, such as would it harm her in any way, no it won't because it is not ingested. Well, it works after putting the paper towel soaked in egg whites on her feet. You could actually feel the fever being drawn down to the bottom from her body. I would recommend this on anyone especially a infant that can't take all the meds. Thank you so much for sharing this remedy, It Works!!! Thank God!!!
I've been trying to break my fever for three days. I've been hopped up on Ibuprofen and knew my body could not take anymore so i came on here to find a natural "non-medication" remedy. I was really skeptical about the egg white remedy but after reading everyone's comments i figured there was nothing to lose except for maybe some cold slimy feet. As soon as I put it on my feet I felt myself starting to sweat (something I haven't done in days) I'm so excited that this is working for me! thank you again and again
I have to admit, I was really skeptical about this. When I came home today, my 10 year old son had a temperature of 101.9. I looked online and saw this remedy. I talked my son into letting me do it and after an hour, his temperature went down to 99.9. After 2 hours, it was at 98.1!!!! This truly does work!!!!!!!
I was up at 4:00am with my 5 year old daughter, who had a fever of 102. I started looking on the internet and came across this site. I tried the egg whites on the feet to bring down a high fever and it worked. My husband does not belive me, but know after almost 48 hours of a high fever my daughter is back down to normal. Thank you for the information -- it was so helpful.
No Significant Improvement after 50 minutes. After treating my girlfriends illness for a few days with homemade chicken soup, she recovered, but now I have a 100.4 degree fever. I have been using cold compresses for 40 min. I stayed up all night and I figured it was time to find an online remedy. I cracked two eggs, yolk and white, into two separate plastic grocery bags and tied them around my feet; then putting on my socks at 8:23 AM I waited. Now it is 8:33 and my temperature is 100.4;no change. Moving my feet and toes should circulate the eggs and allow the cooler part of the egg to mix with the warmer parts and average out the temperature so the temperature of the egg actually touching my feet is lower. A greater differnece in temperature between the eggs and the feet will produce a faster temperature drop between the eggs and the feet. This should lower the fever more by drawing the heat away from the head reapidly. Now it is 8:43 AM and my temperature is 100.0. After 20 minutes my temperature dropped 0.4 degrees. My girlfriend is pushing at all sorts of typical remedies like placing a bag of frozen vegetables on my belly and taking a couple of aspirin. Now at 8:53 my temperature is 100.2. After 30 minutes my temperature is down 0.2 degrees. At 9:03 AM my temperature is 100.0 degrees. After forty minutes my temperature is down 0.4 degrees. At 9:13 my temperature is 100.2 degrees. There has been no significant change in my temperature.
My 5 year old has had a fever off and on for the past 2 days, tonight at about 11:00 it topped out at 103.4, I gave her motrin, a cool bath, made my poor baby basically freezer her hiney off like they do at the hospital,and nothing was working, after doing all of the above, the lowest it had gotten down to was 102.6, so I got online and came across this site, I had never heard of this rememdy before, everthying else I came across, I had already done, or it just sounded a little to "out there" to try. I read what this site had to say, read the feedback, and thought, "what the hey, the only thing I go to lose is my daughters fever". By 1:08 a.m. her tempature was 102.8, it had started to rise again, I had put the egg soaked paper towels on her feet, a bag over each and then her socks by 1:11 a.m.. By 1:30 I checked her tempature again and it had gone down to 99.8, talk about relief, it is now 1:48, and I just checked her tempature again, I am glad to say that it 98.8, in a matter of minutes her fever that I had been battleing for 2 days now, was gone, and she's sleeping nicely. Thank you so much...
