Shivered and shivered my body that morning. In my heart I asked, what’s wrong with my body today. It seems like yesterday I was fine. Am I sick today? Did I eat wrong yesterday? I try to remember again. Yes, suddenly this morning I felt chills all over my body. The throat feels hot and dry. Tears keep coming out because I’m so hot. Indeed, maybe indeed I was sick today. Sick fever because something happened to my body. I have a lot of rest today, reduce activities outside the home. eat lots of nutritious food and drink lots of it.
But, do you know? What causes fever? Is it dangerous? Is there a cure? Then, what should we do to avoid a fever again? consider the following answer.
Fever is a condition of increasing body temperature to more than 380C. Fever indicates the presence of a disease or other condition in the body.
Fever generally occurs as a reaction from the immune system against viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infections. Some diseases that often cause fever are colds, strep throat, and urinary tract infections.
In addition to disease, there are several conditions that can cause fever, namely exposure to excessive weather and heat, the menstrual cycle, reactions after immunization in children, and the side effects of certain drugs.
Although sometimes worrying, most of the fevers caused by a viral infection will resolve on their own. However, if the fever has reached temperatures more than 390C, treatment is needed to overcome the discomfort caused by fever and treat the cause.
Hmm, is the body’s immune system affected by the virus? Is the body’s immune system maintained? I will answer after this. We first discuss about fever.
Symptoms and Causes of Fever
Fever is characterized by an increase in body temperature to more than 380C from normal body temperature, which is between 36.10C to 37.20C.
Fever is a symptom of various conditions and diseases. Usually, fever will be accompanied by other symptoms due to the underlying condition. Some of them are:
1. Headache
2. Sweating
3. Shivering
4. Limp
5. Muscle ache
6. Loss of appetite
Fever can be caused by various conditions, such as:
Infectious diseases, such as viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic infections.
Diseases that cause chronic inflammation, such as reumathoid arthritis.
Receive several types of immunizations, such as diphtheria and tetanus.
Receive medicine and Cancer.
It turns out that excessive fever is very dangerous. Therefore, maintaining the body’s immunity is important to prevent fever.
Indeed, fever can be treated with the following steps. Fever with a temperature that is not too high and does not last long usually does not require treatment. However, to overcome the discomfort caused by fever, there are several ways you can do at home, namely:
1. Enough rest.
2. Use comfortable clothes with a material that is not too thick, and stay in a cool room.
3. Drink enough water.
4. Take a shower with warm water.
In addition, you can also take fever-lowering drugs that can be purchased freely, such as paracetamol. Take paracetamol according to the rules listed on the package or as directed by your doctor. Although this drug is relatively safe, excessive and long-term use can cause liver or kidney damage.
If the increase in body temperature experienced is high enough or if the fever lasts a long time, the doctor will do the treatment according to the conditions or diseases that cause it. Some treatments that can be given are:
1. Giving intravenous fluids, especially if there are signs of dehydration and can not drink directly.
2. Antiviral medication if the fever is caused by a viral infection.
3. Antibiotic medication, to deal with fever due to bacterial infection.
4. Antifungal drugs, to treat fungal infections that cause fever.
Then how to maintain the body’s immune?
Implement a Healthy Lifestyle
So that the body’s immunity can work optimally so that the body is not susceptible to disease, it is important to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Here are some steps that can be taken to maintain and enhance body immunity:
1. Expand to eat vegetables and fruit
To maintain and enhance body immunity, you are advised to increase sumption of vegetables and fruit. Research shows, people who consume a lot of both types of food, tend not to get sick easily. This is because the vitamins and minerals contained in vegetables and fruits can strengthen the immune system against viruses and bacteria that cause disease.
2. Get enough rest
Lack of sleep can reduce body immunity. It is important to fulfill your sleep needs according to your age. Generally, adults need about 7-8 hours of sleep, and teens need about 9-10 hours of sleep.
3. Avoid stress
uncontrolled stress can increase hormone production cortisol. In the long run, an increase in the hormone cortisol can resulting in decreased immune function. You need to manage stress well to avoid decreasing immune function.
4. Exercise regularly
It is recommended to exercise regularly for 30 minutes every day, to increase the body’s immune system in fighting infection. One sport that is cheap and easy to do is walk.
5. Avoid cigarettes and alcohol
Exposure to excessive cigarette smoke and alcohol can damage the immune system. Smokers have a high risk for lung infections, such as bronchitis and pneumonia. While for smokers who are also alcoholics, the risk of getting a lung infection will be even greater.
So, do you understand? why do we have to maintain the body’s immune? and how to look after it? If you understand, let’s do it together. So that all people on earth have a healthy body and a strong soul.
Regards.
Whysheva
Curious is always why 