During influenza season, acute respiratory illness due to influenza is difficult to distinguish from other influenza-like illnesses, but testing should be reserved for situations when timely results will influence management or infection control measures. Immunization status and timing of disease onset notwithstanding, a neuraminidase inhibitor should be offered immediately for certain high-ris...

Sir, We report a case of a 34-year-old Nigerian woman who presented at the renal clinic of a University Hospital in Nigeria in July 2003 with a history of sudden onset of painless, profuse and persistent hematuria. She had fever and rigors at the onset of illness which were relieved by antipyretics. There were no other urinary symptoms; neither did she have sore throat, skin rash, abdominal pai...

I buprofen and paracetamol are equally effective and widely used antipyretic agents in paediatric practice. There is no evidence to support the concept that treating a fever with antipyretics, paracetamol, or ibuprofen, will prevent febrile convulsions. Ibuprofen is available over the counter and is used in addition to or instead of paracetamol both in hospital and community settings. It is adv...

Acute otitis media in children have to be treated by analgesics, antipyretics and antibiotics. The choice of the antibiotic depends on the child's age, associated clinical symptoms such as conjonctivitis, and any recent history of antibiotic treatment. Children over 2 are treated by amoxicillin or CG1, children with conjunctivitis are treated by amoxicillin + clavulanate acid, infants attending...

The importance of an upper limit of the febrile response has been recognized since the time of Hippocrates. Although the precise temperature defining this limit varies according to the site at which body temperature is measured, human core temperature is almost never permitted to rise above 41 degrees C-42 degrees C during fever. There are compelling physiological reasons for such an upper limi...

Because some febrile patients are unable to swallow or retain oral antipyretic drugs, we carried out a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in which intravenous ibuprofen (IV-ibuprofen) was given to adults hospitalized with fever associated with acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria treated with oral artesunate plus mefloquine. Thirty patients received IV-ibuprofen 400 mg and 30 received pla...

Methanolic extract of whole plant of Amaranthus viridis L (MEAV), was screened for antinociceptive activity using acetic acid induced writhing test, hot plate test and tail immersion test in mice. In a similar way a screening exercise was carried out to determine the antipyretic potential of the extract using yeast induced pyrexia method in rats. Administration of the extracts was applied to bo...

Artemisia pallens Wall. ex DC commonly known as "Davana" in Kannada and Artemisia abrotanum Linn. known as "Southernwood" (Asteraceae) are aromatic herbs, erect in habit, upto 60 cm tall, leaves are very small, much divided, bluish green. These plants find use in traditional systems of medicine viz., anthelmintic, tonic and antipyretic properties. Since, these species have not been scientifical...

Objective: To determine the frequency of self medications among patients infectious diseases at Khyber teaching hospital Peshawar and to type medicines most commonly used for in diseases. Materials Methods: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from 1st Dec 2018 31st July 2019. A consecutive non probability sampling 310 people taken both inpatient outpatient departments Teaching ...

Near the term of pregnancy, rats have an attenuated core temperature response on exposure to a novel environment (e.g., a simulated open field) compared with that observed early in pregnancy or in nonpregnant rats. The present experiments were carried out on 26 nonpregnant and 26 pregnant rats to test the hypothesis that arginine vasopressin, functioning as an endogenous antipyretic substance i...