Monday, May 19, 2008

Fever

Fever is otherwise called as Hyperthermia; Elevated temperature and Pyrexia. Usually body temperature varies by person, activity, ages well as time of day. The average ordinary body temperature is 98.6°F i.e., .37°C.

Fever is not a disease. Many baby and children extend high fevers by way of minor viral illnesses. While a fever signals to us that a fight might be going on in the body, the fever is fighting in favor of the person, not against.

Many bacteria as well as viruses that cause infections in people increase best at 98.6°F. Increasing the temperature a few degrees can give your body the winning edge. Also fever stimulates the body's immune system to produce more white blood cells, antibodies, as well as other infection fighting agents.

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