Although a fever is easy to measure with a thermometer, finding its cause can be hard. If you see your doctor, they'll do a physical exam and ask questions about your symptoms, other health conditions you have, medications you take, and if you've recently traveled to areas that have hea...
Fever is usually a sign that your body is fighting an illness. But it may also happen when you have chronic conditions like autoimmune diseases and cancer or as a medication side effect. The fever often goes away on its own, but you can break it by taking over-the-counter medicines like...
Central nervous system(brain and spinal cord) infections can cause fever,headache, neck stiffness, or confusion. A person may feel lethargic and irritable, and light may irritate the eyes. This could representmeningitisor abrain infection, so the person with these symptoms should access medical car...
Incidences of cancer (including extragenital cancer) were found to be directly related to the reported prevalence of genital herpes symptoms, but were related inversely to extragenital herpes prevalence and to previous fever episodes. With regard to the relatively common incidence of "fever blisters"...
Medical evaluation of elderly persons requires a different perspective from that needed of younger persons. The range of symptoms is different, the manifestations of distress are less apparent, improvement sometimes is slower and less dramatic, and the implication of maintenance of function is more imp...
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IL indicates interleukin; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; IFN, interferon; and PGE2, prostaglandin E2. Figure 3. View LargeDownload Model showing responses (A and B) of neuronal firing rates (FR) in the preoptic region and anterior hypothalamus and whole-body metabolic heat production (C) ...
I had a high fever and pain in my abdomen as a child, and shortly after developing these symptoms, I began vomiting. I also experienced severe diarrhea. I quickly became too weak to sit up because of this. My parents feared that I would become dehydrated, because I was going to the ba...
Weak immune system (e.g., HIV or AIDS, cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, or thymic disease)—Should not be used in patients with these conditions. Asymptomatic HIV infection—Should be vaccinated and be monitored for possible side effects. Proper...
High fever (temperature >102˚F) persists for more than a day without any other symptoms. High fever with associated symptoms like cold,coughordiarrhea In children above 2 years of age, fever is of concern if the child is listless and does not respond to your expressions. It requires imme...