ITP: magic-induced fever

[killerofademon]

[there's a small kid with flaming red hair wandering around the premises. anyone coming closer than about two meters will feel him emitting a smoldering heat. it should ping pyros.

He doesn't look too well, actually]

Crewger...? Fire? Where'd you guys go? ...this isn't funny anymore.

[ooc; Rath always came down with a lot of fevers as a kid

Comments

[itcamefromcamp]

Looks like you've got a fever.

Any body temperature over an oral measurement of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is a fever. However, body temperatures fluctuate naturally, and a fever isn't considered medically significant unless your temperature tops 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Fever serves as one of the body's natural defenses against bacteria and viruses which cannot live at a higher temperature. For that reason, low fevers should normally go untreated, unless accompanied by troubling symptoms.

If you have a fever of 104 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, you need immediate home treatment and subsequent medical attention, because it can result in delirium and convulsions, particularly in children.

You can treat a fever by going into the Survival Viewer and taking Ibuprofin, Motrin, or Advil. This is the best medicinal option for patients at least six months old. If you don't have Ibuprofin, Motrin, Advil, or its non-name brand equivalents, you should take a bath in tepid water, about 85 degrees Fahrenheit to help lower your temperature.

[killerofademon]

[I... am just staring dumbly at you now. and my fever is probably far higher than any of those degrees you listed.]

...huh?

[itcamefromcamp]

[shh]

Take a bath in slightly cool water. Whatever you do, don't use ice water; it's a common misconception that a fever means you should immerse yourself in ice water. It'll cause a shock to your system--and the goal is to moderate the fever, not to bring your temperature down below normal!

[killerofademon]

[I'm a kid at perhaps... idk 7? I don't think I got half of that.]

I'm alrigth... it's just a fever. [sob]

[itcamefromcamp]

[This is why she's a CIA doctor, not a pediatrician.]

Fevers are a natural body defense, but you can still die from one. You need to regulate your body temperature.

[killerofademon]

But that's what's so hard! It gets like this when I can't control my fire...

[itcamefromcamp]

So douse it!

[killerofademon]

I can't turn my magic off...!

[itcamefromcamp]

He...doesn't listen...

It's fire, right? So water should be effective.

[killerofademon]

But water just turns into air if I use fire on it.

[doesn't get it!]

[itcamefromcamp]

Your fire is hot enough to instantly evaporate it?

[killerofademon]

Of course it is. It's not just normal fire.

[itcamefromcamp]

I take back what I said about ice water.

[killerofademon]

[flops on the ground :(]

I'm tired...