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Topic: High fever

Related:
  High    Fever  
  High School    High quality  
  High Speed    High I  
  High Performance    Junior High  
  High Tech    High End  
  8 High    Junior High School  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite possession(s):Smallpox vaccine
People talk about their ..:Body Odour
Personality:Nervous,  Easily addicted,  Depressive
Favorite body part(s):Lungs,  Skin
Favorite activity(s):Taking drugs,  Sleeping,  Sleepwalking sleepwalker
Interest(s):Sex education
Medical note(s):Taking Valium,  Uses laxatives,  Infected with HIV
Ultimate fantasy(s):Having severe anorexia
Worst habit(s):Taking Ecstasy,  Smoking,  Belching
Favorite quote(s):"I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it."
 
 
 Expert Talk
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John Fielding,
CEO

This medicine frequently results in high fevers, moderate patient discomfort during its administration, and may transiently increase transfusion requirements.
Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Sometimes he would have fevers so high that the doctor had to use a horse thermometer because normal thermometers would shoot the mercury right through the top, so excessively hot was his body.
High fevers, persistent vomiting, severe back pain, and discharges are reasons to call your healthcare provider immediately.
Angela Berkley,
High School Student

Symptoms can include high fevers, feeling hot and cold, dry cough, headache, stomach cramps, diarrhoea, aches and pains in muscles, and feeling confused.
Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

When my mother was a child, she suffered from extremely high fevers and her mother would apply an apple cider vinegar compress on her forehead to reduce her fever.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

"There is a biochemical component to high body temperatures during fevers which reflects the natural reaction to toxins and is correlated to the immune system in action.
Some studies have shown that high fevers during the first three months of pregnancy can affect the fetus's development while other studies have not confirmed these findings.
Thomas Owens,
Police Officer

The fact is that each year, in children with high fevers who were given repetitive doses of acetaminophen, deaths have occurred due to accidental overdose and the resulting liver damage.
Josh Hogan,
Commander

Smallpox Bay at San Juan County Park received its name from the Native Americans who dove into the frigid waters in attempts to rid themselves of the high fevers associated with smallpox.
David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

As reported in The Washington Post, one third of 200 students recently vaccinated missed at least one day of work or school; 75 had high fevers and several were put on antibiotics because physicians worried that they had bacterial infections in their vaccination sites.
A disease of high fevers and open sores contracted by inhalation, smallpox was one of humanity's great scourges.
These injuries could include such things as high fevers, birth trauma, infections, vaccines, lack of oxygen and even psychological stresses.
 
 
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From:
Pat
2005-02-01 13:30:09
Why do some people hallucinate when they have a high fever?
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