Article: Fever; what to do - and what not to do - when the heat is on. (includes related articles on body temperature and thermometers)
FDA Consumer;  November 1, 1985 ;     700+ words ......is wrong with the body that needs investigation. A fever may even serve a...some evidence that a fever may play a role in stimulating the body's natural defenses...that has upset the body's temperature regulation. Unless the fever is very high, the...

Article: When I get sick, I get a fever. Why?(Ask Doctor Cory)
Children's Playmate;  January 1, 1994 ;     163 words ......Olivia: The exact reason for fever is still unknown. However...that it is one way for the body to fight diseases. When infections begin in your body, your body's temperature rises. The higher...It makes it easier for your body to fight them. So you could think of fever as one way ...

Article: Fever
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ...Fever Definition A fever is any body temperature elevation...sweating, which cools the body through evaporation. A fever occurs when the thermostat...that often accompany a fever are caused by the movement of blood to the body's core, leaving the...

Article: Fever: a burning issue.
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication;  February 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ......believed, however, that a fever sets up biochemical changes that help the body's immune system to...reason, running a fever can be a good sign. It means your body is reacting to restore...stress can cause the body's temperature to rise...may also bring on a fever. Taking Your ...

Article: Fever: no need to fear.
Pediatrics for Parents;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......tell the brain to increase the body's temperature. Acetaminophen...release of these chemicals so the body's thermostat is re-set to a normal temperature. Fever can make your child feel very...child may shiver, which is the body's way of making heat. His hands...plenty to drink when he has a ...

Article: Fever of Unknown Origin
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ......FUO. Description Fever, an elevation of normal body temperature, is a...Substances that cause fever are known as pyrogens...originate outside the body, such as bacterial...response is causing the fever. Fever increases the body's metabolic rate...

Article: Fever.
Pediatrics for Parents;  June 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ......principles. First of all, fever helps cure the infection...in greater amounts when the body temperature is elevated. On the other hand, fever itself has never really been...the occurrence of febrile (fever caused) seizures in those...comfortable and not reducing the fever as the primary ...

Article: What to do about fever or why some like it hot.
Pediatrics for Parents;  July 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ......or any other organ damage. The illness that causes the fever, such as meningitis, can be damaging, but the fever itself is not damaging. Fortunately, most febrile illnesses...viral infections. During the course of an illness, the fever will cycle up and down until the illness is no longer active...for ...

Article: fever
The Oxford Companion to the Body;      700+ words ...fever a term derived from the...refers to an elevation of body temperature due to disease...explains why, in the absence of fever, aspirin has no effect on body temperature. In general...equivocal whether or not fever can be universally regarded as a body defence mechanism, ...

Article: When To Call The Doctor, Part One: Fever.
Pediatrics for Parents;  May 1, 2001 ;     551 words ......must realize that fever is a friend, not an...It is a sign of the body fighting infection...complaining, let the fever help the body fight infection. What...milligrams per pound of body weight every 4 to 6 hours, lowers fever and relieves discomfort...

Article: To Treat A Fever.(Brief Article)
Pediatrics for Parents;  September 1, 1998 ;     331 words ......parents think of when their children have a fever?. Usually it's lowering the child's fever. But that may not be the best thing to...beginning to realize that an increase in the body temperature during an illness may be...antipyretic agents (drugs used to treat a fever) on the duration and ...

Article: To treat a fever.
Pediatrics for Parents;  September 1, 1997 ;     331 words ......parents think of when their children have a fever? Usually it's lowering the child's fever. But that may not be the best thing to...beginning to realize that an increase in the body temperature during an illness may be...antipyretic agents (drugs used to treat a fever) on the duration and ...

Article: Q fever
World of Microbiology and Immunology;      660 words ......appear, they can include the sudden development of a high fever, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and...The phase I form is associated more with the chronic Q fever than is phase II. Diagnosis of Q fever is most reliably obtained by the detection of ...

Article: Treating Fever.
Pediatrics for Parents;  October 1, 1999 ;     212 words ......idea is that by using two different drugs that attack the fever in different ways, the results will be better. Is this newer approach a better way to treat fever? The biggest risk to using both medicines is their action...important question is whether it's necessary to treat a child's fever at all. Many ...