(written for the October 2021 Homeopathic Nurses Association Newsletter)

Pyrexia, or as it more commonly called, fever, is a defensive state in which the body temperature rises as a reaction to an infectious agent, such as a virus or bacteria, and is one of the distinguishing characteristics of an inflammatory response. A fever stimulates defense against pathogens or infections and helps restore the body to homeostasis. Fever is associated with increased metabolic rate, oxygen consumption, … Read more