Without doubt, at least once in their life, but more realistically, several times between childhood and old age, each of us, has been struggling with a nasty fever that forced him to bed for several days and on time during this forced stay all, sooner or later, we heard from relatives, friends or even people with some medical knowledge, we rushed to the bedside, phrases such as "E 'need an antibiotic for this fever too high" or even "If this fever does not drop may cause meningitis.
Phrases like these show the ignorance concerns that, even in the third millennium, on a topic, if we are banal, such as fever. Many of sins should be leaning against the unscrupulous drug companies that, through massive disinformation campaigns, create false beliefs for the sole purpose to get rich. Suffice it to say that only "cure" the fever moves around each year of thousands of billions of euro. Money that comes from the pockets of those who fall into the spiral of "medicine at any cost."
Let us first understand what it really is a fever and is it really necessary to use of drugs to combat it.
fever, usually contrary to popular belief, not a disease but a symptom . To sign means an altered sensation of the body (in this case visible externally) due, in this case, the action of a parasitic organism that triggers a pathogenic mechanism. Among the microorganisms responsible for pathogenicity we can count the bacteria or more frequently virus (the fever may have other causes, but here we treat only those caused by bacteria and viruses). These organisms penetrate the human body through the mucous membranes (nose, ears, throat) and find a fertile ground for their replication.
Once instituted, the pathogenetic mechanism, the human body, recognizes, through mechanisms of antigen-antibody, the uninvited guest and implement a series of reactions designed to counteract disease. The first cells to be activated are macrophages, cells that, as the name suggests, are able to engulf , that incorporate the their cytoplasm any foreign cells that have penetrated inside the host body.
I macrophages begin to produce proteins ( cytokines ), among which are the very important interleukins . The latter, through a series of biochemical mechanisms, inducing the ' hypothalamus (a small structure inside the brain) to maintain a body temperature higher than normal. This mechanism is very complex, synthesized and simplified into a few lines, has a fundamental purpose, to create an environment hostile to the growth of microorganisms.
E 'well known fact that the replication and survival, bacteria and, especially, the virus is inactivated at temperatures higher than normal.
It is therefore clear from the above, that the fever is not a disease as they want us to believe, but rather the most effective defense mechanism that the body has against the proliferation of pathogenic microorganisms.
The appeal, therefore, preparations of allopathic medicine which antipyretics (eg paracetamol ), which causes an artificial reduction in temperature, or worse antibiotics , are considered unnecessary (except in some very specific cases) or even harmful. Namely antibiotics, being the main virus responsible for most of the fevers, are ineffective in the elimination of the causative agent of the disease, but also promote their proliferation as are associated with lower immune response by inhibiting the cells that the contrast of pathogenic microorganisms. Wanting to also miss the many undesirable side effects that these drugs cause (nausea, diarrhea, vomiting), especially when given to old people and children and in doses not appropriate.
From the above, it is therefore clear that the fever is not the cure and the disease and therefore all measures tending to the lowering or elimination of it should harmful. The human body has mechanisms to ensure that they are more powerful and more effective than any medicine that man can create and above all without side effects. The fever is not treated with medication or physical remedies, but left to act, does not rise indefinitely.
The control system prevents the body temperature reaches too high. Fever, therefore, should not be "cured" at all costs, as it is generally considered, but must be left to play its role to act defensively.
E 'has been proven scientifically that fevers very high not to cause any damage to the body, in these cases to relieve the suffering of the patient, you can implement some useful tips natural
- Drink plenty of fluids avoiding thereby promoting dehydration and sweating a suitable contributing to lower body temperature. Are given both water and other beverages such as orange juice, rich in vit. C;
- not cover over the patient not to exacerbate the sense of malaise, but rather air the room in which it resides. If you experience any chills cover it with a light cover and remove it as soon as the temperature not rise;
- Drill for fasting without flooding over the stomach, because the fermentation of foods may aggravate the inflammation. In the case of hunger you can eat a fruit (apple, pear), a potato or white rice;
may be also useful to the use of preparations of natural origin. These preparations do not cause the disappearance of fever, but prevent them from rising too high. There are various compounds that can be used:
- Ribes nigrum (anti-inflammatory);
- Alnus glutinosa (action febrifuge );
- Betula Pubes (general purifying action);
- Gentiana Lutea with effect from febrifuge used as an alternative to the Salix Alba
- Spirea Ulmaria (hence the name aspirin) with anti-inflammatory effect.
Only in very detailed ( very young children , elderly debilitated , cardiac ) with a high fever> 41 ° C and with symptoms such as headache, myalgia, and if all other measures were found to be unnecessary, to alleviate the suffering of the patient, may be administered paracetamol in the dosage recommended by the doctor, keeping in mind that the antipyretic eliminate the symptom (fever) and not the disease (virus), which will be treated appropriately is eliminated because, as mentioned, the body's immune function.
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