The cause and treatment of Fever

The Cause

In previous blog we discussed about FEVEF and how to detect and there symptoms in detail if you missed the blog here is link https://draminanjar.blogspot.com/2018/07/fever-simple-understanding.html

So today topic is cause 

Cause of fever is very big topic that if we discuss the one cause it can take two to three blogs to full discus about it so in this blog I take some of important causes in short and simplest way to understand

Fever can be caused by a number of factors:

·        an infection, such as throat infection, flu, chickenpox , or pneumonia

·        rheumatoid arthritis

·        some medications

·        overexposure of skin to sunlight, or sunburn

·        heat stroke, resulting either by exposure to high temperatures or prolonged strenuous exercise

·        dehydration

·        silicosis, a type of lung disease caused by long-term exposure to silica dust

·        amphetamine abuse

·        alcohol withdrawal

   

so this a cause of fever in this most common type of infection is bacterial infecrion and virus infaction. As for example viral flu cold cough ……

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FEVER A SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING

FEVER

Definition:- Although a fever could be considered any body temperature above the normal 98.6 F (37 C), medically, a person is not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 F (38.0 C). Most fever is beneficial, causes no problems, and helps the body fight off infections.

fever

So when the body temperature increase in body that’s the sing of something wrong is happening in our body. 

You can say that fever is result of immune response to foreign invader I;e  bacteria, viruses, fungi, drugs and toxins.

What are the sing and symotoms of fever ?

A fever can cause a person to feel very uncomfortable. Signs and symptoms of a fever include the following:

• Temperature greater than 100.4 F (38 C) in adults and children
• Shivering, shaking, and chills
• Aching muscles and joints or other body aches
• Headache
• Intermittent sweats  
• Rapid heart rate  
• Skin flushing or hot skin
• Feeling faint, dizzy, or lightheaded
• Eye pain or sore eyes
• weakness
• Loss of appetite
• With very high temperatures (>104 F/40 C), convulsions, hallucination, or confusion is possible. Always seek medical attention for a high fever or if these symptoms occur

How to take temperature ?

Digital thermometers can be used to measure rectal, oral, or axillary (under the armpit) temperatures.

So this is small and simple understanding of fever in next blog you can see Couse and how to treat fever?

Dr. Amin I Bayad

(BHMS)