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Fever, injection, and vaccination
Published in Dinesh Kumar Jain, Homeopathy, 2022
Homeopathy opposes the treatment of fever. Homeopathy says that the size of the liver and spleen is increased when fever is treated. Similarly, TB and other similar diseases also develop when fever is treated (Ghatak, 1931/1938, pp. 81–82). Today we know that temperature above 102°F is dangerous to the body. Hyperpyrexia is also responsible for death. But homeopathy says that fever should not be treated because tuberculosis-like diseases are originated due to the treatment of fever. This is the finding of homeopathy.
The immune and lymphatic systems, infection and sepsis
Published in Peate Ian, Dutton Helen, Acute Nursing Care, 2020
Michelle Treacy, Caroline Smales, Helen Dutton
Hyperpyrexia is defined as a temperature greater than 42°C and is classed as a medical emergency. A temperature above 41°C can result in convulsions or seizures; the upper limit for human life is 43°C, and at this point, proteins and cells denature and are unable to function normally.
Clinical Approach to Fever in the Critical Care Unit
Published in Cheston B. Cunha, Burke A. Cunha, Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Critical Care Medicine, 2020
Extreme hyperpyrexia (temperature ≥ 106° F) is rarely, if ever, due to an infectious disease. There are relatively few disorders, all non-infectious, which present with extreme hyperpyrexia (Table 2.2) [1,3,5].
Thyroid storm secondary to acute Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis
Published in Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2022
Valeria Hanson, Subaina Naeem Khalid, Glenn Ratmeyer, Abu Baker Sheikh
The diagnosis of thyroid storm is based on clinical suspicion. The Burch-Wartofsky scale and the Japanese Thyroid Association scale are the point system methods that assess dysfunctional changes in the thermoregulatory, central nervous system, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal-hepatic systems.5,7 Classical symptoms include hyperpyrexia with diaphoresis and tachyarrhythmias, which coincide with our patient's presentation, including elevated brain natriuretic peptide and liver function test levels that correspond with heart failure and liver dysfunction, respectively. Infection is deemed a significant trigger for developing thyrotoxicosis; however, the type of infectious organism is still unknown. Previous case reports suggest links with a few upper respiratory tract infections (H1N1, COVID-19, SARS-COV-2) with the onset of thyroid storm; however, literature is sparse.8–10
Sequential dysregulated plasma levels of angiopoietins (ANG-2 and ratios of ANG-2/ANG-1) are associated with malaria severity and mortality among hospital admitted cases in South Bastar Region of Chhattisgarh, Central India
Published in Pathogens and Global Health, 2022
Vidhan Jain, Trilok Thomas, Sanjay Basak, Ravendra Kumar Sharma, Neeru Singh
Patients were treated for malaria by hospital doctors following National antimalarial guidelines [18]. Patients with acute renal failure (ARF) were managed with fluids and diuretic therapy. Dialysis facilities were not available in the institute during the study period, thus if patients’ renal output did not increase, referral (Govt. institute in Raipur, CG-300 KM away) was advised by hospital doctors (hospital ambulance service was provided). However, when referral treatment was not affordable for the patient’s caretakers, the patients were undergoing renal replacement therapy (peritoneal dialysis). Patients with seizures were treated with anticonvulsant drugs (phenytoin) and diazepam. Additionally, if clinically required, patients were treated with packed red cell transfusion. Respiratory distress was managed with airway breathing in which nebulization/moist oxygenation was given. Intubations were done if required. Hypoglycemia was managed by 50% dextrose administration and high fever (hyperpyrexia) was managed with paracetamol. Ventilator support was not available.
Neurobrucellosis presenting as clinically definite amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in International Journal of Neuroscience, 2018
Andreas A. Argyriou, Panagiotis Karanasios, Apostolos Papapostolou, Paraskevi Loukopoulou, Alexandra Makridou, Markos Marangos, Nicolaos Makris
Brucellosis, the most common zoonotic human disease worldwide caused by the Gram-negative bacteria Brucella spp., is transmitted in humans by the consumption of infected products from domestic animals. Hyperpyrexia, night sweats and osteoarticular involvement are its cardinal clinical symptoms. However, brucellosis is largely considered a multisystem disease. Neurobrucellosis, meaning the involvement of the central (CNS) and/or peripheral nervous system (PNS), complicates less than 5% of brucellosis cases. Its most common neurological manifestations are meningitis or meningoencephalitis, but inflammatory demyelinative syndromes, peripheral neuropathy/radiculopathy, and various degrees of neuropsychiatric syndromes, are also likely to occur [3]. We describe the first case of a clinically definite ALS, most likely attributed to neurobrucellosis.