I recently found an article(i) on a really popular health site and was grabbed by the opening paragraph- "Fevers, while not typically dangerous in their title , can make children uncomfortable. If you've got a toddler with a fever -- whether it's due to an illness or may be a normal response to vaccination -- you'll wish to offer antipyretic, or fever-reducing, medication". This is the last item you would like to try to to for a toddler that's ill and may actually both prolong the illness and truly cause more harm. the very fact that there's little to no evidence that Tylenol/Advil therapy contributes to health has not stopped marketers, and sadly, most doctors from continuing to offer patents this bad advice. What exactly may be a fever? Simply put, fever is that the body treating itself with heat. What happens during a fever? An infectious agent (bacteria, virus etc.) is engulfed by a neighborhood of your system referred to as a macrophage. A series of ...
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