Take paracetamol or not
Take paracetamol or not
Having an argument with someone who says it's better not to reduce a faver, as it is your bodies "natural" way of fighting an infection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDijpnCOoFc
Thoughts? This Dr is suggesting that an increase in body temperature stimulates your immune system, which sounds ... odd.
I have pointed out that a fever can be deadly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDijpnCOoFc
Thoughts? This Dr is suggesting that an increase in body temperature stimulates your immune system, which sounds ... odd.
I have pointed out that a fever can be deadly.
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Re: Take paracetamol or not
My understanding is that increasing body temperature can help in the body's response to infectionBen B wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:53 amHaving an argument with someone who says it's better not to reduce a faver, as it is your bodies "natural" way of fighting an infection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDijpnCOoFc
Thoughts? This Dr is suggesting that an increase in body temperature stimulates your immune system, which sounds ... odd.
I have pointed out that a fever can be deadly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever#Usefulness
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Re: Take paracetamol or not
Best analysis I can find says that reducing fever doesn't improve outcomes, but nor does it make them worse. So you might as well reduce the fever for your own comfort.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/well ... pirin.html
and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26436473
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/well ... pirin.html
and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26436473
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Re: Take paracetamol or not
Do NOT overdose paracetamol. Accidental overtaking is probably going to drive quite a few unnecessary hospital visits in the coming months.
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Re: Take paracetamol or not
Yes, that should (I hope) go without saying.
The argument I'm having is whether you should reduce a fever or not, and whether the video is accurate.
The argument I'm having is whether you should reduce a fever or not, and whether the video is accurate.
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Re: Take paracetamol or not
It's true that fevers are induced by the brain deliberately as part of the body's response against infection, and includes increased production and mobility of various immune agents (long time since I did A level biology, sorry).Ben B wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:53 amHaving an argument with someone who says it's better not to reduce a faver, as it is your bodies "natural" way of fighting an infection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDijpnCOoFc
Thoughts? This Dr is suggesting that an increase in body temperature stimulates your immune system, which sounds ... odd.
I have pointed out that a fever can be deadly.
That's a separate issue to whether or not somebody with suspected coronavirus infection should take paracetemol, on which I'm not qualified to comment. Just because fevers lead to statistically superior chances of passing on one's genes over evolutionary time doesn't mean that they're necessary now when we have other medicines if needs be.
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Re: Take paracetamol or not
My approach to a fever is to ride it out without medication. In most cases it's there for a good reason, as indicated in the previous links.
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Re: Take paracetamol or not
I went shopping yesterday, we started self isolation when I came back; before I went I asked Blackcountrygirl whether she wanted any paracetamol, I had noticed she had been buying it quite frequently. She said she had plenty, she had started stockpiling when it was first mentioned there was a new flu outbreak in China.
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We're just using our 'WTO rules' stash. Interestingly, loads of ibuprofen in the Aldi yesterday.Blackcountryboy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:29 pmI went shopping yesterday, we started self isolation when I came back; before I went I asked Blackcountrygirl whether she wanted any paracetamol, I had noticed she had been buying it quite frequently. She said she had plenty, she had started stockpiling when it was first mentioned there was a new flu outbreak in China.
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Re: Take paracetamol or not
Smart take.Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:41 pm
That's a separate issue to whether or not somebody with suspected coronavirus infection should take paracetemol, on which I'm not qualified to comment. Just because fevers lead to statistically superior chances of passing on one's genes over evolutionary time doesn't mean that they're necessary now when we have other medicines if needs be.
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