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Kick the flu with 102*

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Topic: Kick the flu with 102*
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Kick the flu with 102*
Date Posted: January 26 2006 at 5:53pm
This week I spoke with a local physican at length concerning the avian flu and our immune system.

I asked him, "If I contract avian flu what should I do concerning the fever?"

His answer was simple. Our bodies were designed to fight virus with a complex defense system, part of that system is fever. At 101.5* to 102* virus should be killed.    

So I asked, "At what temperture should I take a fever reducer?"

His answer, over 102*.

This is NOT to say that this will cure avian flu, but only to give one doc's opinion as to when to take fever reducers. Taking fever reducers at the onset of a fever will be stopping the body's best defense.

Also, Oprah did us all a great service by bringing avian flu to light. I would encourage everyone to email/call asking her to have a follow up program in the next month, to put us all in high rear,.....need be.


Mary Kay RN




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Posted By: Flubird
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 3:58pm

MK, that is interesting and not, to me, surprising information.

thks

Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 13 2006 at 6:43pm

This is in my eBook, it is considered:

Naturopathy Treatment: Which encourages fevers to 104F/40C to help the body fight the infection naturally. It also suggests to Fast for 48 hours to eliminate toxins and stimulate the immune system, plenty of liquids, hot baths and compresses to ease aching muscles.

This is nature’s way of trying to destroy the virus.


Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 14 2006 at 12:13pm
How many days should you let the fever do it's own thing for?

Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 14 2006 at 7:18pm
I would take a fever reducer once my temp. hits over 102*. If your temp. doesn't escalate past 102* I would let it coast, giving my body the time it needs to kill the virus.
However the "storm" scenario is another story. IF I understand this correctly, the hypothalamus, which regulates temperture seems to go heywire. There has been a study in Japan that seems to indicate that putting the patient into hypothermia at this point may be beneficial. It implies this "tricks" {for lack of medical term} the immune system in a sense, turning off the storm. {SophiaZoe has an article on it somewhere here.}
I haven't seen any studies of patients with avian flu and the progression of fever. I'd be curious to see how fever responds to the AF.
If anyone sees a medical study on this it would be helpful to share.

I'd appreciate Dr. Nimin's input.
Perhaps Debi can clarify as well. Hey Debi, can you persuade the good doc to have an question/answer site?

Mary Kay RN

Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 14 2006 at 7:50pm

MK, Doc Niman is not a medical doctor. 

I have been noticing more and more mention of patients going into spontaneous hypothermia with BF, not running a fever.  I took note of it because my husband & son have this reaction to illnesses (son also has it when he gets his infrequent migraines).  It was the freakiest thing I ever came across the first time I experienced my husband going through this.  He calls it his bass ackwards fever.


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