Fever Tips

Fever in children is a very common phenomenon, but still, parents absolutely dread it. It can completely break your heart to suddenly see a happy and healthy child not getting up from the bed. Your first instinct when that thermometer crosses that dreaded 100 degrees F is to rush to the doctor for an immediate cure.

That is probably the best remedy as a doctor can often catch additional signs of any disease that you may miss out on. Beyond that, here is how you can understand about feve...more

Fever is defined as a body temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) and higher.

What you can do at #home:-

1. Administer an antifever medication, such as acetaminophen (paracetamol) or ibuprofen. Dose as advised by your doctor according to child's weight

Don't give your child aspirin, as it has been linked to a serious, potentially fatal disease, called Reye syndrome.

2. Other ways to reduce a fever:

#dress your child lightly. Exce...more

चिकनगुनिया बुखार, का इलाज आज के चिकित्सा पद्धति में पूरी तरह से संभव है. बल्कि आज हम ये कहने की स्थिति में हैं कि हमारी चिकित्सा पद्धति ने लगभग सभी रोगों पर जीत पा ही ली है. कुछेक रोग ही ऐसे है जिनके लिए पूरी तरह से निजात पाना मुश्किल है, लेकिन उनके लिए भी निरंतर शोध प्रयासरत है. मानव आज हजारों बीमारियों के चंगुल में फंसा हुआ है ऐसे में चिकनगुनिया वायरस भी धीरे-धीरे अपने पैर पसारते हुए महामारी का रूप धारण कर रहा है. हालांकि चिकनगुनिया वायरस, डेंगू और मलेरिया की भांति घातक नहीं है लेकिन इसका सही ...more

Fever in children is a very common phenomenon, but still parents absolutely dread it. It can completely break your heart to suddenly see a happy, healthy child not getting up from the bed. Your first instinct when that thermometer crosses that dreaded 100 degrees F is to rush to the doctor for an immediate cure. That is probably the best remedy as a doctor can often catch additional signs of any disease that you may miss out on. Beyond that, here is how you can understand about fever in children...more

Acute viral fever is a type of fever that includes various viral infections, primarily characterized by an increase in the body temperature. This disorder is very common among children and the elderly as they tend to have a weak immune system. Some common characteristics of this condition are skin rashes, body ache and headache.

Causes
The virus that causes this disorder is transmitted from one person to the other. The usual modes of transmission include direct contact, sneezing, co...more

It is worth note that there are certain signs which show that you may get an illness. If these signs and symptoms are taken seriously then most probably you will be able to get rid of the illness a lot sooner.

Here are 5 indicators that you may acquire an illness sooner than you think.

1. Reduction in appetite

A reduction in appetite is never good. This is because a reduction in appetite is an indicator of many oncoming illnesses. These range from a simple cold all th...more

Fever is not a disease! It's a known fact that normal human body temperature is 98.6 F (37 C). If temperature goes beyond that, then it's called fever. But one must not worry every time if there is a rise in the temperature.

Why?

The reason is that immune system is designed to raise temperature as a defence mechanism if there is any attack by a foreign body (such as bacteria). So body temperature may fluctuate between 97 and 100.4. But there is no need to worry.

When ...more

The rains almost always bring about a plethora of diseases with fevers of different kinds. Dengue, typhoid and chikungunya can be regarded as the top three tropical fevers and diagnosing them sometimes become quite tricky as all of them have similar symptoms and the laboratory tests are not always precise. The best you can do is be aware of the early symptoms and signs as successful treatment is heavily dependent on the detection of early symptoms of the fever you are suffering from.

De...more

Collectively grouped under the Ewing sarcoma family of tumors, Ewing's sarcoma is the second most common primary bone cancer occurring predominantly in children and in adolescents. Very rarely is it experienced in adults above the age of 30.

Typically forming in the bones of the chest, pelvis, head, back or trunk and in the long bones of the arms and legs, Ewing's sarcoma is believed to originate in certain kinds of primitive cells. When it begins to affect similar kind of cells found o...more

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