Open AccessOn the biological appropriateness of the febrile response
Author(s) -
F. I. Mukhutdinova
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj99925
Subject(s) - mechanism (biology) , intensive care medicine , medicine , adverse effect , psychology , medical emergency , epistemology , pharmacology , philosophy
What is fever - friend or foe? Should it be treated symptomatically? Is fever a well-organized defense mechanism, important for survival, or is it an adverse reaction to stress, at best neutral and at worst dangerous? - these are the range of questions that constantly trouble doctors.