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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Cedar fever

It's cedar fever time again in South Texas. Mountain cedar pollen erupts from the trees and is spread all over the region, leading to cedar allergy sufferers experiencing symptoms that include congestion, irritated eyes, coughing, sneezing, and throat irritation.

As the name "cedar fever" suggests, some also will run a low-grade fever due to the major inflammatory response their bodies generate in reaction to the high pollen levels. Cedar fever symptoms can range from mild to severe, and in susceptible individuals can make life pretty miserable with little to no relief from conventional treatments.

Dealing with Fever

If your child contracts an infection, the fever that accompanies it has a purpose. The body tries to create extra heat so that the foreign organism cannot survive. Having a temperature helps you fight illness. Fever is part of the body's defence mechanism against viruses or bacteria. Fever indicates the repair mechanisms of the body are working and healing is occurring.

Immediately suppressing a child's fever with medication may interfere with the natural healing processes and delay the child's recovery. A fever should always be monitored and watched carefully. If you have concerns that your child is not getting better or the fever appears serious it is always important to check with your health care professional.

Fever blister

Fever blister remedy is popular for many people now, because they experience that home remedy for fever blister more helpful to relieve the symptoms and prevent the recurrent outbreaks.

Fever blister is called cold sore or herpes labialis. Fever blister is caused by infection herpes simplex virus type 1, usually affects on the skin of the lips, mouth, and face. The symptoms of fever blister begin with itching and soreness in a day or two, and then appears small, red and painful blisters

CONCLUSION

Fever is an important signal that there's something wrong in the body. Treatment of fever should be based primarily on lowering the setpoint, but facilitating heat loss may also contribute. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Motrin or Advil). If you child has an infection, using a fever reducer will not help your child to get better any faster.

Drugs to lower fever (antipyretics) can be given if a patient (particularly a child) is uncomfortable. These include aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol), and ibuprofin (Advil). Aspirin, however, should not be given to a child or adolescent with a fever since this drug has been linked to an increased risk of Reye's syndrome. Bathing a patient in cool water can also help alleviate a high fever.