Contents:
- Medical Video: Why You Shouldn’t Fight A Fever
- Get to know the cause of fever
- The purpose of the body has a fever
- Improve the immune system (immune system)
- Kill germs
- If it's not fever, it's even more dangerous
Medical Video: Why You Shouldn’t Fight A Fever
When you have a fever, it feels really uncomfortable. You can't move as usual. Even to rest the body is not good. It's natural that almost everyone hates fever. Eits, wait a minute. Although a fever might make you upset, it seems that fever is a useful and indeed important body reaction. For that, you have to learn the ins and outs of the causes of fever and what they do for the body.
Get to know the cause of fever
Fever is characterized by symptoms such as body heat and chills. Fever occurs because of it inflammatory process on the whole body. This can happen, for example when the body is fighting infection. As a result of the inflammatory process, special chemical compounds will be released and carried by the bloodstream to the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus is a structure in the brain that regulates body temperature.
In the hypothalamus, these chemical compounds will make the body temperature become higher (hot). Because of the presence of these compounds, the body mistakenly assumes that the normal body temperature is actually hot. This is the cause of fever.
The purpose of the body has a fever
The main cause of fever is infection. However, fever alone is not something you need to fear. Because the fever is actually very meritorious to protect your body. How can it be, huh? This is what happens to your body when you have a fever.
Improve the immune system (immune system)
The heat produced by the body will speed up metabolism. Increased body metabolism will cause a more active immune system.
Therefore, the immune system also detects and kills viruses and bacteria that cause disease faster. In addition, the production of white blood cells that function as the body's immune system will also increase during a fever.
Kill germs
The level of iron in the blood will also decrease when a fever. Fever will increase the production of the hormone hepsidin in the liver which causes reduced iron in the bloodstream. Because the survival of a virus or bacteria depends on iron, a lack of iron can cause the virus or bacteria to decrease.
Plus, high body temperature can also kill some types of germs that can't stand heat. Some enzymes and toxins produced by germs can also be damaged by high body temperature.
If it's not fever, it's even more dangerous
Fever itself is not a disease, but a symptom of an illness. Well, if you don't have a fever, you might not be aware that your body is under attack. As a result, the disease is not detected so it cannot be treated earlier.
Not to mention, the absence of fever means that the body does not fight the germs that cause the infection to the fullest.
There is no fever when the body is attacked also indicates a weak immune system. Some things that can cause the body's system to weaken, for example, lack of nutrition, taking certain drugs, or the presence of diseases that cause a decrease in immune system function.
In children and the elderly (elderly), infections also sometimes do not cause symptoms of fever because the immune system is weaker than adults.
