High Fever

Sep 25, 2008 13:21

I've got high fever for two days until I ever collapse in my bedroom. It's my fault not to keep my body to rest a while during doing an activity on Saturday until Monday. My sleep time isn't effective and I've got sore throat and gastritis.

When I got shiver, I didn't realize that is a high fever. I got the explaining from Wikipedia:

"Shivering is a bodily function in response to early hypothermia in warm-blooded animals. When the core body temperature drops, the shivering reflex is triggered. Muscle groups around the vital organs begin to shake in small movements in an attempt to create warmth by expending energy. Shivering can also be a response to a fever as a person may feel cold, though their core temperature is already elevated.

Located in the dorsomedial portion of the hypothalamus near the wall of the third ventricle is an area called the primary motor center for shivering. This area is normally inhibited by signals from the heat center in the anterior hypothalamic-preoptic area but is excited by cold signals from the skin and spinal cord. Therefore, this center becomes activated when the body temperature falls even a fraction of a degree below a critical temperature level.

Increased muscular activity results in wasted heat - here the heat is utilized for warmth."

So, because my body wants to stabilize own temperature, I didn't feel warmth but very cold.

Today, the season doesn't good and support us to keep body well. So, take ur body care.


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