Authors: Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh1 Dr. Rakesh Kumar Meena2 Dr. Kumari Rakesh3 1M.D. (PGR), Repertory, Swasthya Kalyan Homoeopathic Medical College and Research Centre, Sitapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. 2M.D. (PGR), Repertory , Swasthya Kalyan Homoeopathic Medical
College and Research Centre, Sitapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. 3M.D. (PGR), Materia Medica, Swasthya Kalyan Homoeopathic Medical College and Research Centre, Sitapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. ABSTRACT: Homoeopathy for Fever: In a neutral temperature environment, the human metabolic rate produces more heat than is necessary to
maintain the core body temperature in the range of 36.5-37.5 degree oC and 97.7-99.5 degree oF. A normal body temperature is ordinarily maintained despite environmental variations because the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center balances the excess heat production derived from metabolic activity in muscle and the liver with heat dissipation from the skin and lungs. According to studies of healthy individuals 18-40 years of age the mean oral temperature is 36.8o ±
O.4oC and 98.2o ± 0.7o With low levels at 6 A.M. and higher levels at 4-6 P.M. The maximal normal oral temperature is 37.2oC (98.9oF) at 6 A.M. and 37.7oC (99.9oF) at 4 P.M.; these values define the 99th percentile for healthy individuals. In light of these studies, an A.M. temperature of >37.2oC (>98.9oF) or a P.M. temperature of >37.2oC (>99.9oF) would define a
fever. Fever is body temperature exceeding what is considered normal for the site at which the measurement is taken. Fever is thus occurs when temperature in the rectum is above 38.0ºC, temperature in the mouth is over 37.8ºC, and temperature in the axilla exceeds 37.2ºC. Fever is used by many in determining if an individual is in a healthy state or not, underlying the importance attached to it. In children, fever is a most common presenting symptom of childhood diseases. Fever is a cause of
great concern and anxiety among caregivers due to the various misconceptions attributed to it. This article emphasis on types, clinical features Diagnosis and management of fever with homoeopathic medicines. Keywords: Homoeopathy Medecine for Fever . INTRODUCTION: Body temperature is controlled by the hypothalamus. Neurons in both the preoptic anterior hypothalamus and the posterior hypothalamus receive two kinds of signals: one from peripheral nerves that transmit information from warmth/cold receptors in the skin and the other from the temperature of the blood bathing the region. These two types of signals are integrated by the thermoregulatory center of the hypothalamus to maintain normal temperature. In a neutral temperature environment, the human metabolic rate produces more heat than is necessary to maintain the core body temperature in the range of 36.5-37.5 degree oC (97.7 – 99.5 degree oF).1 Classification, types and patterns of fever
Symptoms of fever
These symptoms are due to the systemic effects of microbial products and pyrogenic cytokines that lead to various acute phase responses mediated through the neuroendocrine system.8,9 Diagnosis of Fever1: Table: Diagnostic Imaging in Patients with Fever.1
FUO = fever of unknown origin; CT = computed tomography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; PET = positron emission tomography Figure: Algorithm for the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin. (CBC = complete blood count; LFT = liver function test; ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate; PPD = purified protein derivative; CT = computed
tomography; AFB = acid-fast bacilli; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; CMV = cytomegalovirus; EBV = Epstein-Barr virus; ASO = antistreptolysin-O antibodies; ANA = antinuclear antibody; TTE = transthoracic echocardiography; TEE = transesophageal echocardiography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging) HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT For Fever : Homoeopathy is a method of curing the suffering of a person by the administration of the drug which has been experimentally proved to possess power of producing similar suffering in a healthy human being. It is specialized system of drug therapy and nothing more or nothing less.10 There are a large number of medicines available in Homoeopathic Literature. Various medicines indicated for fever are:11-13 ACONITUM NAPELLUS
APIS MELLIFICA
ARSENICUM ALBUM
BAPTISIA TINCTORIA
BELLADONA
BRYONIA ALBA
CALCAREA CARBONICA
CAMPHORA
CHININUM ARSENICOSUM
CHININUM SULPHURICUM
CINCHONA OFFICINALIS
EUPATORIUM PEROLIATUM
FERRUM PHOSPHORICUM
GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS
GLONOINE
NUX VOMICA
PHOSPHOROUS
PULSATILLA NIGRICANS
RHUS TOXICODENDRON
SULPHUR
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