Fever: friend or foe?
Fever is one of the most common manifestations of disease. The patient's relatives and physicians' concern about it is due to the fact that fever reflects that something in the body is not working well. However, the question on fever as convenient or harmful is not yet completely answered. The purpose of this paper is to examine the arguments on both sides and to guide on the convenience of antipyretic treatment.
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Medical Education Services, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F.
D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans
D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic