Now let's talk about the pros and cons of fever!
Fever, from 36 degrees of body temperature, rises to 39 degrees, 40 degrees, or even higher, the temperature difference in the middle, that is, 3 degrees, 4 degrees.
It seems that there is no data to show what nutrients the body consumes, how much water and electrolytes are taken away, and how much energy is consumed in total by raising these 3 degrees or 4 degrees.
However, if this data is found, you can see the expensive price that the body pays for fever! If you take energy, nutrients, oxygen, and water as production resources in the body, the raw materials for maintaining normal body functioning! Then fever obviously inhibits the function of other tissues and organs of the body, and mobilizes nutrients, energy, oxygen, water, these key substances, for fever, this internal rescue measure of the body!
You have to know that no matter when the data comes out, the body, a total of 60 trillion cells, and the heart, liver, kidneys, lungs must also operate at all times, so raising the body temperature of 2 degrees and 3 degrees, for the huge number of 60 trillion, the energy to be consumed, and the nutrients associated with it, is definitely a huge expense - for the body!
Unfortunately, such a simple account seems to have never really been calculated, so people focus on the disease of fever, rather than the physiological function and intention of fever.
This is a war of resource consumption, but if the resources are sufficient, the fever not only improves the combat effectiveness and cooperation ability of the entire body's immune system, but also enables the task and goal of the body's fever to be achieved.
Therefore, fever itself is the body's regulatory mechanism, as long as there is some kind of signal that makes the body alert, the body will send out a thermoregulation signal from the brain through a mechanism, informing the body to start raising body temperature! At this time, immunity rises, metabolism accelerates, water and oxygen consumption accelerates, and sugars are converted into calories.
If the supply is sufficient, the task of fever can be completed, fever is only good, there is no harm, and the body will recover quickly after fever. However, if the fever is artificially suppressed and prevented, including drugs, so that the fever cannot achieve the goal, then the body wastes energy and nutrients, and at the same time, it has to accumulate matter and energy, waiting for the next combat readiness condition that can have a fever - the body, must complete the task, otherwise, never give up.
That's all for sharing today, thank you for reading!
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