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Article: What to do about fever or why some like it hot.
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- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- July 1, 1991
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Want to mention a word that strikes fear into the heart of parents? Say "fever" and watch parents squirm and get restless. Shouting "high fever" is like yelling "fire" at a movie theatre.
I propose we look at fever as friend and not foe. First of all, it alerts us to the fact that the child is sick. Secondly, both the chemical reactions leading to fever and the fever itself help fight infection by increasing metabolism and producing more antibodies and infection fighting cells.
When fever is present, the important task confronting both the parents and the doctor is determining the cause and seriousness of the illness. This task is detectives' work. ...
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