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Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR, pronounced as fever) is a genetic disorder affecting the growth and development of blood vessels in the retina of the eye. This disease can lead to visual impairment and sometimes complete blindness in one or both eyes. FEVR is characterized by incomplete vascularization of the peripheral retina.
A Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction is a sudden and typically transient reaction that may occur within 24 hours of being administered antibiotics for an infection by a spirochete, including syphilis, leptospirosis, Lyme disease, and relapsing fever. [ 1] Signs and symptoms include fever, chills, shivers, feeling sick, headache, fast heart beat, low ...
Cold showers may also improve mood and energy or mental alertness, which Dr. Rachelle Reed, an exercise physiologist in Athens, Georgia, has experienced, she said. “You sort of feel a little bit ...
Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome ( CAPS) is a group of rare, heterogeneous autoinflammatory disease characterized by interleukin 1β -mediated systemic inflammation and clinical symptoms involving skin, joints, central nervous system, and eyes. It encompasses a spectrum of three clinically overlapping autoinflammatory syndromes including ...
Cold shock response is a series of neurogenic cardio-respiratory responses caused by sudden immersion in cold water . In cold water immersions, such as by falling through thin ice, cold shock response is perhaps the most common cause of death. [ 1] Also, the abrupt contact with very cold water may cause involuntary inhalation, which, if ...
Physician taking the temperature of a young patient. " Feed a cold, starve a fever " is an adage or a wives' tale which attempts to instruct people how to deal with illness. The adage dates to the time of Hippocrates when fever was not well understood. His idea was the fever was the disease, and starving the sick person would starve the disease.
An upper respiratory tract infection ( URTI) is an illness caused by an acute infection, which involves the upper respiratory tract, including the nose, sinuses, pharynx, larynx or trachea. [ 3][ 4] This commonly includes nasal obstruction, sore throat, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, otitis media, and the common cold. [ 5]: 28 ...
A febrile seizure, also known as a fever fit or febrile convulsion, is a seizure associated with a high body temperature but without any serious underlying health issue. [ 1] They most commonly occur in children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. [ 1][ 3] Most seizures are less than five minutes in duration, and the child is completely ...