Fever/ Pyrexia what to do at home ?

             Fever or Pyrexia  is a very common symptom of a lot of diseases.Everyone suffers from fever at some point in the life.These days hospital management is highly investigation dependent and rightly so.Although costly,It enables proper diagnosis and thus correct and prompt treatment.It also enables the doctor to tell about the duration of medicine use,the future possibility of cure and seriousness of the disease.The present article is an attempt to increase knowledge about fever and the diseases that cause it.

How fever occurs ?

It is actually a warning signal by our body to indicate that something is wrong and there is need to correct it.
Any substance or microorganism which is toxic to our body or produces toxic substances causes production of pyrogens in the body.Although pyrogens are produced by body to kill or neutralize the toxins/microrganisms,they produce fever as a result of fight with these.

What is fever ?

Diarrhoea or Loose motions

Diarrhoea or Loose motions are an extremely common problem. These are more common during summers and rainy season. These also occur following community functions like parties, marriages due to intake of unhygienic food. These occur due to various other reasons about which we do not know much. In this article we shall increase our knowledge about this problem.

What is Diarrhoea ?

Increase in liquidity of stools and/or increase in frequency of passage of stools is called diarrhea. In this article we shall not bind our self with tight technicality of definition.

What causes Diarrhoea ?