Don’t starve a fever. There is no medical basis for the saying “feed a cold and starve a fever.” If anything, you need more calories than normal if you have a raised temperature because your metabolic rate rises as the fever rises. So if you feel like eating, eat.
Feverish infants can get dehydrated very quickly, because they have a large body surface in proportion to their fluid volume. When babies have high temperatures, parents should give frequent bottles of plain water or a commercial infant rehydration product. You can easily make your own rehydrating solution by dissolving Y2 cup of dry, precooked baby [...]
Drink lots of fluids. Sweating, the body’s response to high temperature, results in the loss of fluid, which is worsened if there is diarrhea or vomiting. So it is important to drinkat least eight glasses of fluid daily to prevent dehydration. If a feverish person does not feel thirsty, it may be easier to sip [...]
Fever is not a disease in itself, but rather a symptom of some underlying problem, most commonly an infection. Depending on the cause, a.fever is often accompanied by other symptoms, such as sweating, shivering, thirst, flushed skin, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. A fever alone does not necessarily require treatment—it is one of the body’s natural [...]
Although normal body temperature without fever is generally spoken of as 98.6°F (37°C), human temperature tends to vary over the course of the day, from about 97.6°F (36.4°C) in the morning to about 99.5°F (37.5°C) in the late afternoon— and what’s normal for one person can vary above or below the average temperature by as [...]