The human race, when viewed over the last few hundred years, is moving away from the inflammatory diseases associated with high fevers toward the more cold illnesses, such as diabetes, cancer, and fibromyalgia.  Today the average person will commonly run a “normal” body temperature between 95-97° F.  Ideally children and adults should maintain a core temperature of 98.6° F or slightly higher.  (Incao, P.  Lilipoh, Issue 24, 2001) It is interesting to see how what experts consider to be “normal” is changing every (more…)

Jane’s fever started right after school let out for the day. She felt tired, achy, nauseous, and had diarrhea. She walked into the kitchen where her mother felt her forehead. It was hot.

“Doctor Mom” reached to open “the cabinet,” the ubiquitous cabinet in every home that contains all the left over bottles of medicine. “Fever…Tylenol, Nausea and diarrhea…Pepto-Bismol,” she itemized under her breath.

With the pills taken, Jane was able to make it to soccer practice, but skipped dinner since she wasn’t hungry and took another round of the medicines her mother had (more…)