When I feel chilled from a fever, I crawl under a pile of blankets,
and drink lots of water. Within an hour, except for wanting a good
shower or bath, I feel much better.

Our bodies responses to various diseases are all compromises. For
example, dogs and cats have higher body temperatures, and, at least
my dogs and cats, historically, rarely caught colds and fevers.
However they only live a couple of decades, and have smaller brains -
though in some ways, they might, at times, seem much smarter than us.

In any case, it seems our typically lower body temperature, while
allowing us to live quite a bit longer than most other mammals, also
leaves us a bit more susceptible to catching colds and flus.

Of course, body temperature is only one, of many, factors in the
complex makeup of life on this planet. What we eat, whether we feel
we have a purpose, how much we eat, where we live, how hard we play
and/or work, how much we worry, whether we share our work, play,
worry, and love with friends and family, etc., all contribute to the
dance we do between health and disease.

Try to dance, as much as possible, near the healthy side.

Have fun,
-barefoot ken bob



--- In RunningBarefoot@yahoogroups.com, Yves Dorfsman <yves@...>
wrote:
> Some people think that the higher than normal temperature when we
have a
> fever kills some germs. On the other hand, I have read (no idea if
it is
> sustained by studies) that very high temperature (>= 42) can damage
the
> brain. Another worry is dehydratation, especially in young kids.
>
> About the tylenol, I believe that sleep helps us healing, and if I
or my
> kids are so sick that we cannot sleep, we use small doses (1/4 to
1/2 of the
> prescribed dose for our weight) to help falling asleep.
>
> --
> Yves.
> http://www.SollerS.ca
>