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I rather thought he would do a mean G&T, for those wickedly self
indulgent enough in this world.

 

There are numerous references out there to the fact that viruses can't
reproduce if the body temp goes over about 101 degrees.

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Centigrade?

Well, it's a fix of sorts.

 

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Phil.

 

Do you think the body can "know" if whatever its infected with will be
one of the ones that die at slightly higher temperatures?

I'm at a complete loss to explain it but sometimes when I'm ill I'll
dig out elec blanket, etc, and its worked 100% of the time upto now.
Sometimes I don't.

Maybe something in me hinting that heat would help?

 

So it seems like most old wives tales, there's some truth in it.

And how you doing anyway?

 

No. Fever is not an attempt at self-healing, but a result of the
toxins produced by whatever bugs are at work upsetting the body's
ability to regulate temperature. Whatever limited truth there may be
in the idea that some bacteria may find a raised temperature harder to
survive is entirely coincidental.

And as has been pointed out, cold and flu are viral infections, not
bacterial - we've[1] been deveoping anti-viral drugs for quite a few
years now and believe me, if there was something as simple as raising
temperature to kill viruses, we'd have done it long ago.

I suspect you're overcomplicating matters. If you have a higher
temperature you'll often feel cold and shivery - it's natural to want
to stay warm in such circumstances. You then feel better because
you've been lying there doing nothing while the body does its thing,
rather than using up valuable energy trying to do stuff.

And do be careful - significantly raised temperatures are very
dangerous to the body, which is why 100% of doctors would prescribe
ant-pyrhitics in the event of fever. LN may 'know' better, but it's
her funeral.


[1] Not me personally, you understand, but 'we' as in people who do
the bits of the job that create the data for me to do my bits of the
job, sorta thing.
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Evolutionary, I would have thought.

 

Would you?

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Yes, wouldn't you?

 

Well clearly not. It's not exactly in a bacteria's evolutionary favour
to raise its host's temperature to levels it can't survive in.

And anyway, it must be emphasised that this situation is absolutely
_not_ the norm, and that a high body temperature should always be
treated.

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Fair point, but surely it's in the host's interest to raise the
temperature to a degree[1] if it proves to be effective?

We tend to take a more pragmatic view and don't worry too much if temps
are only slightly raised, though we tend to be more cautious if the
sprogs have high temps.

[1]Pardon the pun.

 

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No, thats not what I was implying.

You know the way some preggers women crave odd things but have no idea
why? (and I'm not talking about DYTIUTA here).

I can see why that is, human body is a complex chemical system
regulated by some part of brain that isn't our conciousness, when it
needs something badly it prompts concious part of brain, woman eats
coal.

Whats not to say that the same thing can't learn "ooh, when I'm hot,
virus/bugs don't last so long, heat + virus/bugs = good".

Completely unprovable (by me anyway), but I like the idea

No, the coldness/shivers can be exactly the same. Just sometimes I
think "heat is good" and other times I don't. And no, its not
Alzheimer's!

I know its dangerous. If I get too warm I wake up + turn it off.

Ah, the royal 'we' then? The gold-plated-taps 'we'?