Show 889: Fever and the Immune System

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2013

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

How do you handle the fever of flu? Many people turn to OTC flu remedies for symptom relief, but nearly all of them contain a fever reducing medication such as aspirin, acetaminophen or ibuprofen. While these may help you feel better temporarily, such medicines may prolong the infection or help it spread. The Benefits of […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.4	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.9	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.2	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:21.6	One of the hallmarks of influenza is a fever. Over-the-counter cold remedies often lower temperature. Are they hurting rather than helping?
0:40.8	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:50.3	Humans are not the only species that spike a fever when they're infected.
0:54.8	Why do lizards try to warm themselves when they get sick?
0:58.9	Antibiotics are magic bullets against some infections,
1:02.6	but they can also cause a disruption in the normal bacteria of the digestive tract.
1:08.0	One consequence is a hard-to-treat infection called C-DIF. Some surprising new
1:13.4	treatments offer hope for recovery. Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, we explore the benefits of
1:19.6	fever and vitamin D and take your calls. First, this news.
1:34.5	In the people's pharmacy health headlines, experts for the centers for disease control and prevention believe that we might have passed the peak of flu season.
1:38.7	That's because the CDC's Sentinel system has reported reduced flu activity from several states.
1:45.7	In early January, 24 states reported high levels of influenza-like illness.
1:51.0	Another 16 have moderate levels of infection, 5 reported low levels of flu activity.
1:57.0	That represents a drop from late December.
1:59.9	Perhaps this means that the flu is peaked early and will gradually taper off over the coming weeks.
2:05.7	That would be good news for the doctors and nurses staffing overburdened ER departments around the country.
2:12.0	Some hospitals are so overwhelmed that they've had to put patients in hallways and even turn others away because
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