Fever: Body's immune mchanisms to perceived threat inside the body

Sometimes we experience an increase in the body internal temperature to a level above normal. This is called fever. It is not a disease, fever is considered one of the body's immune mechanisms to attempt a neutralization of a perceived threat inside the body. be it bacterial or viral. It is the body response to disease be it bacterial or viral.

The measurement of normal human body temperature is 36.8±0.7 °C (98.2±1.3 °F). This means that any oral temperature between 36.1 and 37.5 °C (96.9 and 99.5 °F) is likely to be normal.There are different kind of illness associated with fever and people often confused them each other. It is better if we have better understanding of illness associated to fever in order to differentiate them.

The following are the illness associated with fever together with their signs/symptoms

Pneumonia
-temperatures rises quickly
-cough with green, yellow or bloody mucus
- fast shallow breathing
-person feel very ill

Typhoid
-It begins like cold
-pulse is relatively slow
-can experience diarrhea and dehydration
-temperature goes a little up everyday
-person feel very ill

Malaria
-It begins with feeling weak
-cold and shivering as the temperature rises
-the persons feel well the days in between
-it occasionally gives fever every second or third day
-fever may continue up and down for several days
-sweating as temperature fall and shivering as it rises again

Rheumatic Fever
-it is common in children
-pains in joint
-high fever and sometimes chest pain
-uncontrolled movement of arms and legs
-often comes after a sore throat

Children fever
it begins a day or more after child birth
-start with a slight fever
pain and sometimes bleeding
-foul sucking vaginal

Typhus
-it is similar to typhoid
-rash similar to that of measles
-with tiny bruises

By having knowledge of this signs/symptoms it will be easy to easy find solution to these illnesses. Remember self medication is not good always seek expert advice.